9.0 install and journaling

Allen Unix.Hacker at comcast.net
Tue Dec 20 06:08:42 UTC 2011


On 12/13/2011 11:54 AM, Devin Teske wrote:
*Snipping*

>> On 12/13/11 06:00, Eric S Pulley wrote:
>>>> As for one big / partition- linux may be using it: and its their
>>>> biggest failing! I've had a system lockup due to lack of space. Never
>>>> a problem with bsd as logs will only fill up var, a user won't break
>>>> it with filling up usr, etc. And root always stays protected! Its
>>>> saved my life a number of times... I can quickly fill TB's of data in
>>>> no time, and if something goes bang the logs can be a silent killer too. My
> 2c's
>> anyway...

I didn't know there WERE any Linux distros that still used one root
partition, and one swap... Even Mandriva doesn't do that anymore.

-Allen


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