[Techtalk] partitioning - pro, con

Miriam English mim at miriam-english.org
Tue Oct 14 00:36:05 UTC 2008


Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
> Miriam English wrote:
...
>> Anybody know of good arguments why I *should* or *should not* 
>> partition the drive into a bunch of smaller areas?
...
> 
> Miriam,
> 
> I started with making a parition for each type of data. Nowadays if the 
> disk holds only data, i will simply make one big partition, and then 
> using directory structure let the division be flexible.
> 
> 
> I've gone more and more into KISS, Keep it Simple Stupid.

Hi Rudy,

Yes. That was my thinking too. The less time I spend on fiddling with 
things, the more time I get productive work done. KISS is a brilliant 
principle.

Thanks Rudy.

	- Miriam

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