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Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> posted |
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d257c3560901221103l4f11f220mc9f2b7598f7c3413@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:03:55 +0100: |
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> as for the / i'm considering using / + /boot on a usb disk (nowadays |
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> booting from usb devices is no pain) and would prevent me from |
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> exposing ciphered luks data. it's true that loosing the key would |
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> mean a total disaster, but it's simpler to have 2-3 2gb usb keys (which |
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> mean about 20-30€) as root and have an entire luks+raided partition. |
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Something I found out the hard way, and why I have everything that |
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portage touches on the same partition, is the trouble one goes thru when |
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the /var/db/pkg database doesn't match what's actually installed, due to |
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say /, /usr, and /var being on different partitions/volumes, then losing |
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one and having to revert to a backup, while still having the others at |
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"current". |
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So here, that's all on the same partition. I break off /usr/src, |
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/usr/local and /var/log, and have the Gentoo tree living somewhere other |
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than on /usr as well, but anything that portage touches including its |
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database is all on the same partition, so it all stays in sync if I have |
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to revert to a backup. |
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When I setup this system, since / and its backup are not in LVM, I wanted |
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to give them even more room for growth than I thought I'd need, so I |
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doubled what I was using for growth, and then nearly doubled that again, |
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10 gig partition size. I currently have both kde3 and kde4 installed so |
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am running rather more than I would otherwise, but I'm running 4.3 gig |
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on /. So a 4 gig USB stick would do it in most cases, an 8-gig stick |
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would be plenty and to spare, but a 2 gig stick wouldn't cut it. |
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Not that anyone else necessarily needs to use my "everything portage |
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touches on one partition" strategy, but I certainly learned /my/ lesson, |
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and don't intend on screwing /that/ one up here again. It's worth |
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considering, anyway. YMMV. |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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