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From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.i386
Subject: Why minidisks?
Message-ID: <672@msa3b.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 89 11:19:23 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Organization: Management Science America, Inc., Atlanta, GA
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Why does AIX partition my lovely 300MB disk into "minidisks?"

I understand the need for a paging minidisk (partition) and a dump
minidisk (partition).  Also, I can make a good argument for a
separate root minidisk.  The thing I don't understand is why have
	/
	/u
	/machinename
	/machinename/tmp
	/whatever-else-you-create-to-fill-rest-of-300MB

Is there any reason why I should not just merge all minidisks except
for root, paging, and dump into one "/usr"?    

You may reasonably ask, why do I care:
Answer: If I have all my space in one partition, I'll never wish that
I had given a greater percentage of my space to that partition!

(P.S. If it matters, this is AIX PS/2 1.1.)
-- 
Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347
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