Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 11:08:47 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deinstall software Message-ID: <20090531110847.3df9d2db.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311048240.23127@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <C3DDA6CB-4E31-46E4-856C-0020C47A6351@amobos.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905302117400.19810@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090530213535.f117d3a3.freebsd@edvax.de> <4ad871310905301555k68cb3acekb488852142bd02aa@mail.gmail.com> <20090531012203.ac9e5f67.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311028270.23127@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090531104713.4412726b.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905311048240.23127@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Sun, 31 May 2009 10:49:18 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > all your examples are sounds just like kind of "tradition". > Just like for eg. creating lots of partitions no matter if it's needed or > not One exception: The creation of different partitions according to different uses can (but doesn't neccessarily have to) be useful if partition-wise dumps are required or intended. As you know, there are advantages and disadvantages. There can be trouble, causing only one of the partition to get defects; it's easy to dump and restore data partition-wise, even for to clone system installations. On the other hand, you can run into problems according to static space limits which you don't when you have only one / partition and all directories are "resized" automatically (haha)... :-) File system defects will of course affect the whole partition then. (But that's a different situation anyway: If there's trouble with some hard disk, better transfer what you can get onto a new media and wipe the disk; does it happen two times, better use a new hard disk - or similar advice applies.) It depends on the requirements. Sometimes it's good, sometimes bad, and sometimes everything altogether... How many fingers? ;-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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