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Hello,

>> [T]he argument about /var filling up while /usr has some gigs left is
>> just asking for something like the the Logical Volume Manager and
>> filesystems that can grow.
>
> I don't get it.  If you just have it allocate the free space to
> whatever filesystem wants it, how is that functionally different from
> putting them on the same filesystem?
They're different filesystems, so you can have both - no more wasted 
space because it's in the wrong partition ( well, at least it's greatly 
reduced ) but you can still keep things tidy and separate. But the main 
benefit of a lvm is that if you really run out of space you can just 
throw another disk into a volume and extend filesystems again without 
having to stop anything.
( yeah, that's more useful for big servers and probably irrelevant for 
most desktops but you get used to it... )

have fun
Michael
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