On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Les Mikesell wrote: > I'm getting more and more inclined to make the whole systems > disposable/replaceable and using VMs for the smaller things instead > of micro-managing volume slices. +1 Resource scarcity has changed dramatically over the past couple decades. HD space, for OS-installed files anyway, is about the least of anyone's worries these day. I only consider separate partitions for three directory trees: 1. /boot -- for compatibility with older BIOSes 2. /home -- for continuity across systems or upgrades 3. /srv -- mostly human-maintained site data -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W