Question

[Gernot Hassenpflug]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:49 PM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux
<i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:16 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
>  > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:29 PM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux
>  > <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
>  > >
>  > >  On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 15:53 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
>  > >  > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Richard Rudnick <rich at aphroneo.net> wrote:
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >  On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 10:48 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >  > sda2/u = /BOOT Ubuntu, shareable with more Linux'es !?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >  I would suggest not using a separate boot partition. Grub can find
>  > >  > >  kernels in more than one place (that is, a boot directory under each
>  > >  > >  os's root). If you have a 64bit processor and would like to have both
>  > >  > >  32bit and 64bit Ubuntu's installed you must do this, since the kernel's
>  > >  > >  for both have the same name.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Hmm, are you then going to have the boot directory under the root
>  > >  > directory in the root partition for the OS installation?
>  > >
>  > >  Hi Gernot  and Richard
>  > >  I would like to learn and understand better about your suggestion and
>  > >  its results with its contra's and pro's !?
>  > >
>  > >  TIA and cheers, svobi
>  >
>  > Me, I like to have many partitions, so I can treat them separately
>  > when doing backups, repairing, and when reconfiguring my systems. I
>  > don't mix /usr/local and /usr on the same partition either, for
>  > example. Cheers, G
>
>  Hi Gernot,
>  Thanks for your fast feedback !
>  I am still considering my best HDD layout and its optimal partitioning.
>
>  Well, with /usr and its contents your are already deeper in the
>  problematic.
>  Yeah, I would  love to get to know more about this when I am more
>  prepared
>  with my future / new layout and when it comes to transferring existing
>  data into
>  this new one !!
>
>  First I have to finish my homework to structure this layout before
>  discussing how
>  to save and transfer existing personal data without any loss !!! ;-)

Why don't you go easy at first, and wait until you have reconfigured
your system a few times? If  you make /home a separate partition, and
/usr/local too, then at least any of your files and local package
installs can be kept and transferred independently of the rest of the
system.

Cheers, G