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Posts: 2096 from 2003/2/24
From: po-RNO
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jPV wrote:
I myself have been fine with 1GB SYS:, I install all other programs to Work: partition in dedicated directories. That way I keep system totally separated from other stuff. I find some advantages with it... making backup of just the system files is easier, I can have multiple system partitions which use shared program/data partition etc.
But if you like to install Chrysalis to SYS: or keep everything in System's dirs, then you should have a bigger partition for it.
Sideeffects are that predefined paths will fail and need to be reconfigured, as one expects for example MPlayer in SYS:Applications/MPlayer/
I really hope that nobody (at least any program released) assumes that MPlayer would be in that path. You just can't expect that users would start using fixed locations for anything.
I have all apps in Utils: assign, which points to location I have the apps installed. I always use that assign everywhere, so I can move the actual location if needed.
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I don´t see a big use in having multiple partitions. They eat hdd space and cause higher memory usage. You need to take care about where to install stuff. In fact I don´t even use data partitions.
Memory taken by couple partitions isn't problem nowadays. It wasn't that big problem even on Amiga, if you had proper amount of fast mem.
You might also want to defrag your system partition sometimes, it's a lot faster when everything isn't stored there.
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The system is already separated within a specific drawer. The applications delivered are used to be up to date. (Future version will check version before overwriting OWB). Creating partitions will for sure cause problems in the future.
Of course I advice keeping applications provided by the system (MorphOS) on its own Applications directory. Although I didn't specify it, but I meant that I keep other 3rd party applications and data on separate partition.
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One partition gets full, while the other is more or less empty. Then you start mixing data between partitions and there is chaos.
I prefer creating a drawer named Data, assign it as Data: and place the icon on desktop. This way you never have a partition running out of space, as there is only one for anything. In fact there isn´t much data these days and most stuff like music, video and pictures can be placed on external storage units to make them available to all systems at the same time.
Well, if you place music, video and pictures on external storage, you hardly run out of space on partitions with other stuff with today's HD sizes :)
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Speaking of backups: Around 300MB of MorphOS files make no difference. when it comes to an backup. When using a tool like MirrorCopy to backup data you store it once after system update. Inbetween you store just the changes made, which are done in seconds, when it comes to a daily backups.
It really makes a difference, if you want to make system backup to small media like USB sticks or CD-R:s. Small system partition fits there easily, but if I'd have all my data, games, apps and stuff backuped, I don't have that big sticks... I have to dig up some more clumsy storage devices, which are hard to move around to many other systems I need to use etc.
But anyway, people have different opinions which is good for them, I just want to point some options to think. Each of their own...