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Old 7th November 2008
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Originally Posted by map7 View Post
Yes it will, but it is advisable to have separate partitions for /var and /etc.

For instance if you have a print job go crazy and fill up your /var directory then your computer will not crash, it will just fill up the /var partition. The way you have it setup currently it will crash.

If you backup and restore on to a new drive you can fix this up in the process.
How big should I keep /var and /etc. Is there any thing else that I should keep separate.
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