From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Aug 30 20:32:29 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D9A3C8DB3 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm1-x32c.google.com (mail-wm1-x32c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32c]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BflPn09bhz4WlJ for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:32:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm1-x32c.google.com with SMTP id w2so3618635wmi.1 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:32:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sB3F/nkJ4nS2vRX+XslAPfMTe1ZozmBWk3sq4QY972s=; b=dix8E8yCVvKBLCdLTLFzUgR1QsOw67qtMTbKpKz3sSwWpeamRFACbglhO//1rVnVch FrjLU7yaW8wqjsXRaCndAEjToYp1noRTTTtw4Vzhse94B50qSNlOP+KOKJpGzjlKmYIy FXh4gInzG12bbhHNReXjnNM3IH37PdMoKdpHVpRdsBa9wFg7oR/n3cg6qFkMWsRohGzQ m9CoUMAsLpFIZAmVw2uMDDCO2BAv8ithfeRFdbUSYaNADvbd9No4poYGn3dmMND8ws7o Iv1Aoc3/Hpep00sXGt2mgmzYysRbTbnlyDOKm+Tr6A1syKLmGSNl5j6Uk5gljJctwY8V sOOg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532Ig5rgwhbHvmmipJzjAFGneDWltY6/TKL6dPw0UL9cu85hH+hL 4cG6qB3k/AIs7uR9dkvnHnZL7ww7+gE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxBKxj8UcdnqhhhG0RptyZ8FFhVBdp47GKi9feH0V54+GRs7ck9uQcbAm7/dle4L+6Ir6c3WA== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c5cf:: with SMTP id n15mr7993409wmk.93.1598819167729; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:26:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([2.222.25.14]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o2sm9099411wrh.70.2020.08.30.13.26.05 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:26:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:26:02 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (very OT) Ideal partition schemes (history of partitioning) Message-ID: <20200830212602.21bf7af3@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20200830085848.68ab4832@archlinux> References: <20200829154417.8dd5f83d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200830085848.68ab4832@archlinux> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BflPn09bhz4WlJ X-Spamd-Bar: +++++++ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [7.33 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[googlemail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(0.00)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[googlemail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(0.00)[googlemail.com,quarantine]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[2.222.25.14:received]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[googlemail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[googlemail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_XBL(5.00)[2.222.25.14:received]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(0.00)[googlemail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.48)[0.478]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.87)[0.867]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; BAD_REP_POLICIES(0.10)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.99)[0.990]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::32c:from]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-Spam: Yes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:32:29 -0000 On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:58:48 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >And what if hard disk > 2 TB > > 2 TB aren't enough for several operating systems, at least when > storing data on different devices? > ... > ...not many private persons really need to store more than 2 TB/disk. External drives in the range 4TB - 8TB are very popular these days with the general public. Hard drives haven't kept up the increasing size of video files. Personally I haven't bought a magnetic drive as small as 2TB in over 10 years. One thing that's going to complicate this is that manufactures have been pushing shingling into consumer grade drives by stealth. It's now the norm for 2TB drives. They are OK for storing multimedia but not so good for an OS.