[QCLUG] Directories as partitions

[Arron Lorenz]

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Just to throw my hat into the ring the default install for a distro like
Ubuntu everything is put into the root "/" partition. Which is fine for most
desktop installs. I have my /home on a separate drive so when I reinstall,
or upgrade i have all my home files on it's own drive. Although on my home
server I have "/" on one drive, /home, /etc and /var on another drive.

On 7/18/07, Mark Overholser Jr <omnipotent13@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You're on the right track. When you install a linux distro, / is your root
> filesystem which is mounted to some partition on some device. Then, 'home'
> is a directory located inside of that where the home files for the users are
> stored. Some distributions allow you (and even encourage you) to make a
> separate partition on your drive and then have the distribution mount that
> to /home so that if you delete your main partition (that was mounted to /)
> you will still have all of the things that you stored in your home folder
> and on your desktop.
>
> So, to answer your final question (couldn't [/home] as easily be just a
> directory?) .......yes
>
> On 7/18/07, Jim Hall < volunteer@revealed.net> wrote:
> >
> > Do I remember correctly that Linux can treat any directory as a
> > partition or drive? For example, '/home' is usually a partition (in any
> > install I've made), but couldn't it as easily be just a directory?
> >
> > Jim
> >
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Arron James Lorenz
MobileTek Inc
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