partition management in dual-boot laptop / limited space

[Tim]

Rick Stevens:
>> Referring to your original post, I don't really see a huge benefit to
>> having separate / and /home partitions unless you're planning to do
>> partition-based backups and restores. Back in the day when we backed up
>> to tape and such with limited capacities, it made sense. Now that
>> external hard drives are so prevalent and cost-effective, it doesn't
>> track as well.

Ian Malone:
> The thing I've found it most useful for is to keep data through a new
> Fedora install.

Likewise...  Back-up *and* restore is more time-intensive than just
back-up and just use what's still there.

And I like the idea of someone else's:  three partitions, one for the
current installation, one reserved for the next release, and one for
your data (used by both).  Then, when you install the *next* release,
your old one is held in reserve, and used for the next release install
after the newest one.  Leap-frog style.

I used to do that with separate drives, but since drives have become so
huge these days, you can do it with partitions.

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