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Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
What is the point in making different partition for data and software? Isn't this why we have /Users?
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
If you have /Users on a different partition you can happily reformat the Root partition without loosing your personal data; say for instance that you want to reinstal the System for Tiger upgrade: this can be cleanly done by reformating the Root partition and doing a fresh install: you can later on rescue ALL your user(s) data just by soft linking /otherpartition/Users with /Users.
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
Could just use archive and install
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
Archive and instal is not clean instal.
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
How can you say "way" easier when you have to do the clean install, re-link the "old" home folders to the new OS and then delete the new home folders when you could just start a copy back onto the drive and grab a cup of coffee or start work again straight away?
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
You just don't want to get the point: fine with me
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
I think the point wasn't that you had to restore from backups with a clean install, restore of /Users, etc. but that you could clean install if you wanted. I find the separation useful when I want to do a new install (typically with new major versions of OS X). Then, I can wipe my system partition, clean install the new OS on it, create my account, symlink /Volumes/Users to /Users, and be done with it.
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
A few years back, I had to salvage a webserver that died. It turned out that a blackout had outlasted the powerbackup, crashing the server, when an automatic update was happening, completely corrupting the entire partition. It would no longer boot. And the corruption was not fixable. And the backup hadn't been functioning properly. And it was a production webserver for about a dozen domains. Gulp. But, when I set up the server, I had partitioned the drive. The data (the websites, the email, the databases, etc) was on two partitions that did not hold any programs or the OS. I backed up the data, installed a new drive, reinstalled stuff, copied the data back and everything was back online. Painful, but partitioning was the extra little bit of insurance that saved the day.
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
The black out could also easily hit your data partition. You just had luck.
Why would somebody make different partitions anyway?
Certainly, his data partition could have been wiped too, but with his strategy, there's also the potential for it to be OK. The point isn't to forgo backups and proper protection because "my separate-partitions-ness will save me", but that, should everything else fail, there's one more hope. |
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