Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com> writes:
> Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
>> I highly recommend not dividing one's disk into multiple partitions
>> unless you have a worry that some sort of server production will be
>> harmed by not having limits on the space taken by something.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[...]
> If a directory is expected to fill up, it can sometimes be easier to
> recover from this situation if there are seperate filesystems.

That's what I said, above.

In general, though, one only worries about that on servers. For
desktop machines, I've used "one big partition" for years now, and I
have yet to regret it.


Perry