Alright, I'm gonna step out on a limb with my question. I'm wanting to partition my hda in such a manner that my /home, /usr, /var, etc...
I'm running TC on a SDCard, so in a sense, I suppose this accounts for my /boot and /root partitions, except that it makes a virtual /root in my RAM at boot time, or at least this is how I think I'm seeing it, but I may be wrong concerning this. I intend on running TC as a home server (not for public use, but for private development, therefore I am wanting /var separate, at least because I've read that the /var partition would contain many of the server programs. Obviosuly I would want /home separate, so that I can maintain my personal stuff in its own partition. I have a /swap for its intended purpose. Now my question and need for direction comes here:
Are these partitions really necessary since TC isn't persistent (unless I set it up for persistence)? I do want to be able to install extensions to me hda for use every restart, but only loaded On Demand since I will mainly focus each session for my intended use (writing, development, emulation, etc). Therefore my question is: What partitions are really necessary with a semi-persistent TC session, and what would those partitions be used for, and finally, how would I make TC to see these partitions.
I know that I can load, through command line, my TC /home directory in a separate partition, but what about these others? I'm sorry if I am off kilter with my questions, I am a new Linux and TinyCore user, but this is also part of my learning experience. Please take it easy on me trying to sound smart but really being dumb!