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On Feb 17, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Robison, Dave wrote:
> We'd like a show of hands to see if folks prefer the "old" style =
default with 4 partitions and swap, or the newer iteration with 1 =
partition and swap.


I only run servers and set them up with /, /usr, and swap.  Other =
partitions are placed on other disks with typically one partition per =
disk.  I link /var and /tmp into /usr.