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   From: thorongil@telenet.be   
      
   On 27.11.2021 at 11:21, Chris Vine scribbled:   
      
   > On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:09:09 +0100   
   > Aragorn  wrote:   
   >   
   > > [...]   
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   > >     [nx-74205:/dev/pts/3][/home/aragorn]   
   > >     [06:55:45][aragorn] >  lsblk   
   > >     NAME    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS   
   > >     sda       8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk    
   > >     ├─sda1    8:1    0   512M  0 part /boot/efi   
   > >     ├─sda2    8:2    0   512M  0 part /boot   
   > >     ├─sda3    8:3    0     1G  0 part /   
   > >     ├─sda4    8:4    0    22G  0 part /usr   
   > >     ├─sda5    8:5    0   512M  0 part /usr/local   
   > >     ├─sda6    8:6    0     2G  0 part /opt   
   > >     ├─sda7    8:7    0   1.5G  0 part    
   > >     ├─sda8    8:8    0   400G  0 part /srv   
   > >     ├─sda9    8:9    0   450G  0 part /home   
   > >     ├─sda10   8:10   0    10G  0 part    
   > >     └─sda11   8:11   0    20G  0 part /var   
   > >     sdb       8:16   0 698.6G  0 disk    
   > >     ├─sdb1    8:17   0    10G  0 part    
   > >     └─sdb2    8:18   0 683.6G  0 part    
   > >     sr0      11:0    1  1024M  0 rom     
   > >    
   > > [...]   
   >   
   > Your directory layout above looks insane.   
      
   Maybe to your eyes, but it's a tried and tested way of installing a   
   UNIX system.  And I've been doing it like that for over 20 years.   
      
   >  What's the point of so many partitions?   
      
   Different mount options for added security and robustness.  You   
   can do this with btrfs subvolumes as well, but you cannot do it if you   
   install everything in a single ext4/xfs/jfs/reiserfs/whatever   
   filesystem.   
      
   --    
   With respect,   
   = Aragorn =   
      
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