On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 03:13:56PM -0700, Peter via Dng wrote:
> 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.
Do you mean the entire filesystem's root directory, usually
called / or do you mean /root, which on vanilla Devuan is
root's home directory?
-- hendrik
>
> 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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