Automatic installation - is there an advantage?

[J]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 March 2015 at 08:27, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> What would be the advantage of a separate /boot partition? Usually it
>> fills up over time with old kernels and then you will eventually run out
>> of space. Looking at my /boot, I would expect 300MB to be sufficient
>> space for about 8 kernels. Granted, you could easily remove old kernels
>> but you would have to remember to do so from time to time.
>
> Agreed. Don't use a separate /boot
>
>> There is no need to use separate partitions to protect /home or
>> /usr/local during installation.
>
> Half agree.
>
> I recommend using a separate /home but get rid of /usr/local.
>
> All you need is:
>
> /
> /home
> swap

Unless you're installing a TON of software, you really don't need much
space for the root FS.  This is usually sufficient, IMO:

/: 10GB
Swap: 2GB
/home: Rest of the disk

I agree with Liam... you really benefit from a separate home partition.

1:  You can encrypt it separately
2:  It's not tied to the root FS, so if/when you re-install,  you can
reinstall your OS without fear of wiping your home directories
3:  Not recommended, but if you multi-boot Linuxes, technically you
can have them all share the same home dir (I've done this before,
again, not recommended, but do-able)

The most important one is #2 though... it's so much easier, nicer and
safer to do a full wipe and re-install if /home is on a separate
partition.