From:    Steve Litt <slitt@???>

Date:    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:58:28 -0500

> Let's say your boot drive is a single partition on an NVMe. You
> install your OS on that, as THE single partition.

Swap? Have a swap file or enough memory to omit swap. According to at
least one authority, a swap part is slightly faster than a swap file.

So the ultra-slim configuration for a BIOS machine is one part,
possibly with a swap file. For UEFI: protective MBR, FAT formatted
EFI and a part with /root, /home, etc.

From:    Steve Litt <slitt@???>
Date:    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:19:11 -0500

> ... what's the purpose of this whole discussion?

You've convinced me to amalgamate /root and /home.

Generally I try to be aware of surroundings. Many ideas don't change
my behaviour. Occasionally a small gem such as "cp -dpR" turns up.
More rarely a large gem.

Thanks!                          ... P.

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