hello dear all

want to create new partitons on linux
just do a update of my linux-system

by the way - how do you like this idea: a three folded partition

some buddys recommended me this sheme

to create a file structure like so

~> lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 156M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2 8:2 0 400M 0 part /boot
└─sda3 8:3 0 465,2G 0 part
└─cr_ata-ST500LT012-xxx_xxx-part3 254:0 0 465,2G 0 crypt
├─system-swap 254:1 0 2G 0 lvm [SWAP]
├─system-root 254:2 0 40G 0 lvm /
└─system-home 254:3 0 423,2G 0 lvm /home

can i create this with gparted

well - how to do that?

note: as mentioned above - some buddys recommended me this sheme

many thanks for all help

    4 days later

    A multi-part scheme is still a good idea IMHO. It (the idea) came from the UNIX world of way back, when disks were expensive and you could only buy a small one now and again and add it to the system.

    But the most compelling reason is runaway files. Server logs in particular can fall by the wayside and grow to fill up a partition. If the whole disk is one partition, your system is quite likely zombified and can't be fixed without a "major" intervention (generally involving a reboot, etc.).

    If only, say, "/var" is fully but "/" and "/home" are still OK, you at least have a chance of getting in there and cleaning up "/var" with the system still running, more or less (some processes may die, but the console and SSHD are not the likeliest choices).

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