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meino.cramer@×××.de writes: |
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> I also cannot evaluate the real impact the position of the /-partition |
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> on the harddisk has on system performance. I read about it years ago |
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> and since than I always put the partitions always in the sequence of |
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> "boot","swap","root","home" onto the harddisks. May be its only a |
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> tradition nowadays... ;) |
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I used to do this, too. Until I started using LVM, which made things much |
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easier for me. Now I can create as much partitions as I want, and resize |
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them while the system is running. |
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> Do you know of any other kind of data beside databses, which may be |
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> machinedependant or cause trouble while migrating to 64bit? |
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No, I think in a typical setup that's all to care about. But there might |
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still be other software where this is not the case, so I would at least |
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maek a backup of /var just in case. |
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Wonko |
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