Hi,
Actually i *had* to use the titles coz i dont know your first name... :-)
P R. Seshan sounded odd !!
If u have the flexibility, create separate partitions for the following
- swap (obviously)
- /
- /usr
- /home
- /var
- /tmp
Obviously if u have a dual boot machine, you *might* already have 1-2
partitions for windoze. So u will have to do all this in the extended
partition. Just take care that u put '/' on a primary partition. Put
everything else *anywhere* !!
The reason to put / on a primary is if u want to move the bootloader (LILO)
to the root partition of Linux, u will have to make the root partition
active and it is not possible to make extended (logical) partitions active.
/usr on diff partition helps coz u can mount it readonly (so no waiting for
the loooooooong fsck). /usr is normally the largest partition. Size atleast
600-700 Mb.
/home helps in keeping a backups. Once u back this up, your users can't
tell u anything !!! Size will depend on no. of users expected.
/var is used by programs for logging.
/tmp is used as scratch file space apart from swap space...keep it on the
fastest device u have got. If RAM is not consideration, consider mount /tmp
on a ramdisk...improves performance in X window
ciao,
Amit
"P. R. Seshan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/20/99 03:06:37 PM
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Thanx Amit, and pl. leave out the titles while addressing. Let informality
prevail in Linux community. Unfortunately my floppy disk
gave way and that's the reason why I insisted on the way out for running
fsck from the disk itself.
Secondly, for multiple partitions, can you also suggest how much size does
each partition require. and how many such partitions does
one has to create. Since all these are variable parameters and also these
days the RPMS do not suggest where the package will be
installed. For Eg: JDK 1.1.7 installs itself into /usr partition where as
JDK 1.2 installs itself into /opt.
And also kindly let me know how we can recreate the bootable disk (not the
startup one using rawrite) for Linux after installation
without running an upgrade or reinstall process.
Regards,
Seshan.
> I dont intend to belittle anybody, its just that partitioning is serious
> business which most people are not comfortable with.
>
> BTW, Mr. P R. Seshan, i think u might be facing the same problem ?
>
> regards,
> Amit
>
> "Binand Raj S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/20/99 01:51:07 PM
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