Subj : Re: Partitions setup; good?
To   : paulie420
From : alterego
Date : Mon Aug 17 2020 16:10:22

  Re: Re: Partitions setup; good?
  By: paulie420 to alterego on Sun Aug 16 2020 09:02 pm

 pa> I thought I could boot with GParted and change them around later if
 pa> needed... but 200G for system install should be ok for a long while??

As I said before "in theory"...

I used to build linux system using two partitions for "root" and the 3rd
partition given to LVM, which I would then create volumes as required.

My idea was that the first root partition was for the current OS, and the
second partition was for the "next" os - mainly if things went pear shaped
during an install, I could boot the old OS.

That worked until a linux distro I was using blew away my partition table when
I didnt expect it - loosing all 3 partitions...

(My "root" partitions were small - 1 or 2GB, since I have mount points and I'm
old school and I didnt want to unnessarily waste space. And I think that OS
wanted a bigger root partition...)

Anyway, the take away from this - is yes, in theory it should be OK, but make
sure you do "that" backup before you do anything potentially destructive... :)

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