[NCARC] A new Disk

[Paul Davis]

I used to create different partitions for everything boot, swap, OS,
usr/local, you get the idea.  Now for my home systems I run all my UNIX
stuff in Virtual Machines and have just one big partition.  For the Linux
and FreeBSD servers I set up at work I have a partition for boot and one for
swap everything else is under one big partition.

With disk sizes being so big now the main reason behind creating separate
partitions no longer apply, at least for me.  One reason would be to keep OS
and applications backed up separately but I generally want to back up
everything together since that would be the way I would restore them.

Paul Davis 
KD0JOF 

-----Original Message-----
From: ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of N0WIQ
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:59 AM
To: NCARC
Subject: [NCARC] A new Disk

Hi People,

For years I have been using fdisk to partition a new hard drive for a new
install of an operating system.  I have been making 3 primary extensions an
extended partition and some N extended partitions.  I have never learned of
a maximum number of extended partitions.  I realize this has been a working
way to set up a disk for use but is it the best way?  How many extended
partitions may I create?

--
Kerry N0WIQ
My web site URL is:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/n0wiq

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