I've been cruising the discussions for refs about partitioning in relation to OS X. In most cases a single HFS+ partition is suggested. For practical reasons, I guess.
However,
For various reasons, partitioning is reasonable and pretty good. For instance, When upgrading, the OS one would not want risk loosing important stuff. The "Users" directory for instance. Or /usr/local where ported Linux software is often housed. The Hacker's guide to protecting your Linux server and workstation is strongly in favor of partitioning for security reasons. (/var in its own partition so that logging problems does not result in filling up the disk, for instance).
The question relating to OS X is if there is a good strategy for partitioning which is compatible with Apple's installers etc.
/stone
However,
For various reasons, partitioning is reasonable and pretty good. For instance, When upgrading, the OS one would not want risk loosing important stuff. The "Users" directory for instance. Or /usr/local where ported Linux software is often housed. The Hacker's guide to protecting your Linux server and workstation is strongly in favor of partitioning for security reasons. (/var in its own partition so that logging problems does not result in filling up the disk, for instance).
The question relating to OS X is if there is a good strategy for partitioning which is compatible with Apple's installers etc.
/stone