hi ya rob... the simple ones first....assumming you'd be using win2k and autocad... i'd try something like 8G-10G for win2k..... as the first partition /dev/hda1 aka c:
rest is up to linux....etc.... and if yu think you might want to boot debian and redhat and mandrake or something else.... each needs about 2G-3G of space... for my silly reasons...i usually do: ( c: ) 2Gb if any WinXX stuff / 64M /tmp 128M /var 256M or 512M for big(ger) web/email servers /usr 2Gb and/or move /usr/local to /home/local /home rest of disk - or about 1G of user space swap swap space is 2x physical memory... i tend to only backup /home and /etc.....rest is already on cdrom except if you might want to backup ( tsk tsk ) peoples unread emails in /var/spool/mail..... and if you want webstats...put um in /home/httpd/logs or some user defined place....not system.... to me...there is no reason to separate /boot and / since both is needed to boot...and also to lilo for dual(n) booting if redhat crashes while / and /boot is mounted from the other partitions... you lose both partitions...or at least the time for e2fsck / and /boot....instead of just one ( assuming /boot is small....its nothing to worry about ( in either case c ya alvin On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Rob wrote: > Hey, im about to install deb2.2, can anyone recommend a specific > partitioning scheme? > > Like if im willing to allocate 20 gigs. I figured id just do 128 for /swap, > and the rest to /, but ive had friends tell me they do other partitions like > /boot, /user, and /home. What do you guys recommend ? > > Also, im dual booting next to win2k(dont flame my, I have to do 3d > rendering), will I need to make a special boot partition for LILO? I've > heard something about /mbr which I dont understand. > > Will someone clarify this stuff for me? Thanks! > > ____________ > > _thaReF > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >