Steve, We will assume you have one physical hard drive, "/dev/hda", and that windoze is on mounted on "/dev/hda1" (your first partition). Using the install program, disk druid, create mount points, "/boot" for the boot records (keep this below cylinder 1024 to play it safe, and it needs no more than 10 to 15MB), create "/ "and "/usr" for system files (give these as much as possible), create "/usr/local" for some non-commercial programs (a few hundred MB if you have it), create "/opt" for some commercial programs (again, a few hundred MB if you have it to spare), and create a swap mount equal to your RAM, give the rest of the space to "/home". These parameters are very much preferential setup values, and many of us have our own thinking on this setup but what is outlined here is a very simple approach, and can be used until you get better acquainted with a UNIX system. Good luck, and most importantly, have fun............ Craig Steve Olson wrote: > I know this will probably spark a huge debate, BUT: > > I have a 20gb drive, and am already running Micro$oft Windows 98. > > Although a newbie to Linux, I know PCs very well, and have worked in the industry >for several years. > > My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I would like to >know what the best way to bust it up for partitioning and mounting; IE I would like a >list of partition sizes and mount points that you fairly efficient for a utilitarian >machine. In learning Linux, I want to dabble in everything, and tinker with it all, >including a web server at some point. Nothing large-scale or fancy, just a setup that >will give me enough room to play around. > > Thanks, > Steve Olson
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