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[Goh Lip]

Steven Vollom wrote:

> 
>> Jaunty has no limitations on installing in primary or extended logicals,
>> and allows you to set up /boot, /home, /almost_anything in a separate
>> partition, primary or extended.
> 
> I believe I understand now.  What I plan, at this moment, subject to
> change until the last moment, is to use the new 1TB SATA with a boot/OS
> partition, a
> swap partition and a /home partition.  Once data is copied to the new
> drive, I
> will format/back-up, and exclusively use my 500gb SATA for Back-up.  Then
> I will install a 200gb IDE 133 that I have and create virtual machines, to
> install and learn the use of other Linux OS's; I will also  install in
> Virtual a separate Jaunty current for the experimentation I always seem to
> get myself into.
> 
> The only part I am not completely confident in doing is to set up the OS
> and applications so that when data is saved it always automatically goes
> to the
> storage partitions.  I don't want the boot partition to contain any
> important savable data that can be placed on drives that are not subject
> to application
> crashes and loss of data.  I don't mind if doing this causes a little more
> work to set up the configuration, as long as it doesn't slow the machine,
> or
> open a new kettle of worms that I don't anticipate.  If I understand
> correctly, this is a simple setup and perhaps the fastest too.
> 
> As always, I am so grateful for the care and concern you have provided me.
> Perhaps I will finally have a system that will function, more or less, as
> it was intended by those who created the applications, as well as, cause a
> little less burden on the List.
> 
> May I ask this?  I have never actually lost data due to a broken HDD.  Are
> there any built-in warning mechanisms within HDD's that let you know when
> they
> are about worn out?  Do they fail, or break, without warning?  How much of
> a
> concern should that be?  In 20+ years, I have never had one break.  I have
> always just replaced them with bigger drives.  I can never be really sure,
> but I think this may be the last expansion I will ever need for data, so
> wearing
> out the drives or actual physical failure are what I am facing now.  Even
> that may be a bit oxymoronic, I am 66 years old.
> 
> Most cordially,
> 
> Steven


Okay, Steven, good luck. But I think most of us here would not suggest it.
But like what Nils put it so nicely, it is your decision, your computer and 
your life. And certainly you do not hurt anybody with your decision.

re: broken HDD, I had 3 HD crashes...
the first had a quiet whirring noise (or was it the fan?) when I start up 
the 
computer.
the next 2 had no indications at all, the bios just couldn't detect any HDD, 
had error message saying something like 'hard disk not found' or 'please 
plug in your hard disk'

But that was years ago...but I just want to add that it is no point worrying 
about hard disk failure; just back up regularly to some other media. It used 
to be 5 1/2 ins soft floppies, 3 1/2 ins hard floppies, 100 MB zips, Now we 
have external hard drives; a good one would be a SATA external hard drive, 
not that most USB external won't do, they work real fine.

Regards,
Goh Lip

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live 
as one wishes to live.
                                    -  - Oscar Wilde