Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:55:37 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more than 7 partitions on a SCSI-drive Message-ID: <ep0ngs$3jc$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <a969fbd10701211254ha01cb66q4ca4fe474c0dfdb@mail.gmail.com> References: <ep0jcf$1meb$10@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <a969fbd10701211254ha01cb66q4ca4fe474c0dfdb@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF1ADB45ED01B86D3F37091D5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jeff Mohler wrote: > If there is a fundamental reason why we still partition things like we > only have 10, 20, or 40Mb RLL. or slightly larger ESDI drives from > back in the day..im willing to learn. 1. if you only have one file system and something corrupts it, it's all gone. Some people even use the root file system read only so writes can't compromise it. 2. some applications perform better with certain parameters, such as block size and inode density 3. if you're going to encrypt your data, you might want to encrypt only your /home filesystem and gain on performance, since system files are public and easily recoverable 4. some security flags applicable on file systems, like nosuid, nosymfoll= ow 5. swap partition 6. the possibility of mixing RAID modes I'm sure there are more... --------------enigF1ADB45ED01B86D3F37091D5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFs+FZldnAQVacBcgRAqePAJ9pxdo2B5OFp3iHrdQuOoRqmqKwAACguLge AoyH8t5nODUFifF0mh62drQ= =9Qgy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF1ADB45ED01B86D3F37091D5--
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