Fresh install Kubuntu 13.10: how best to partition the HD for optimal, smooth Kontakt & Akonadi

[Basil Chupin]

On 27/10/13 12:35, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 10/27/2013 02:01 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 27/10/13 11:12, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>> On 10/27/2013 11:55 AM, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
>>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, October 25, 2013 11:24:35 PM you wrote:
>>>>>> Dear Everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks for all the input so far - clear enough to work with it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For now, one question remains. Do I need to create ONE or TWO /home
>>>>>> partitions? Background of this question: in the thread 'Still 100%
>>>>>> CPU when
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would create two.   One for normal use and one as a backup... Then
>>>>> use the
>>>>> backup to back up your home before switching to a new system.
>>>>
>>>> Just keep in mind that a backup is meant to keep your data secure,
>>>> making a backup partition on the same hard drive will not protect you
>>>> from a hardware failure and makes the whole backup useless. Backups
>>>> should be done on a different physical media, else it has no point at
>>>> all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Myriam
>>>>
>>> I agree 100 on that. I have been reading this thread with some
>>> interest though to me it seems a bit "overkill" configuration. But to
>>> keep a backup on same disk will only save you if you mess up your
>>> config/data, not if the disk has a breakdown. I have been there
>>> (stolen laptop actually) and boy was I happy to have vital data on a
>>> usb harddrive.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sinclair
>>>
>>
>> Absolutely spot on. Which is why I always have 2 HDDs in the computer
>> and the second HDD contains the Data partition containing the folders
>> which are symlinked from /home which is on the first HDD.
>>
>> And to be even more paranoid, all my HDDs are in mobile racks. When I go
>> interstate the HDDs are removed and are locked away in a safe. Also go
>> into the safe are the USB devices (flash discs and external HDDs)
>> containing the backups. The safe is burglar proof, fire proof and
>> immovable.
>
> well that became a bit off topic, right ;-)
> for my part I use laptop so second HDD is a no-go. And a safe is more 
> than I care to invest in at this moment in life. But I always do a 
> backup of data (luckybackup works really well) and keep an updated 
> image (Remastersys) of my setup on 2 separate USB flash. One goes with 
> me, one stays home.

But, hopefully, buried somewhere in the backyard, right?

(I know of one person who has a map of his backyard because he has all 
sorts of things buried in his 'yard :-D .)

BC

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