On 15-Jul-2002 Keith Watson wrote:
From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk On Behalf Of Raphael Mankin Sent: 15 July 2002 18:38 To: Keith Watson
I always configure my disks with two root partitions for just this reason. The built kernels live in a /boot partition by themselves in the first few cylinders of the disk. /usr/src is also common.
I like that idea. I already use a separate /boot partition because of the size of the disk I use. I think I could just about squeeze in 3 root partitions, two for development, flip flopping between them (I should explain that I'm one of those LinuxFromScratch nutters) and one for whatever distro is flavour of the month with me.
Which is all very well but what happens if (when?) the disk crashes?
New disk. Restore from tape backup - taken nightly.
I've been in this business for nearly 40 years now. You can understand why I'm paranoid.
Regards, Keith ____________ Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious. Carl Gustav Jung
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