hda of course represents your Primary HD...1,2,3,etc. is its partion #.
hda1 is your primary (or boot partion). when u specify (ie. hda_2 as
having mount point /home) then your /home directory is specifically isolated
to that portion of your HD. i reccomend allocating your / and swap partions
first, then adding say /home and perhaps another mount point (ie. /data)
last. (this however is merely my own personal preference and has no real
grounds other than that). This however allows your /data a place for misc.
files, such as homemade graphics or Mp3's. Stuff that anyone can access.
Essentialy HDA_1 is / (i'm using a lil over 3 gig)
HDA2 is swap 128 meg. (or 256 in my case)
HDA3 /home (another 2.5gig or so)
HDA4 /Data (mine is roughly 5 gig a former windows partion w/
misc. files on it)
This should all be adjusted of course coresponding to your total HD space
and what all u plan on using.
Xian
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 15:54:28 -0600
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Dear friends:
I am still unclear about certain things having to do with creating a
/home partition.
1) I will create a / directory of 3 gig, a swap file of 128 meg and a
/home directory with the rest (I have a 4.3 gig drive) using DiskDruid.
I will call / hda1, but what do I call my /home directory? That is, what
is the basis for naming it hda4 or hda5, etc.? That is, what does the
number 4 in hda4 stand for? A sector? If so, how do I decide what to
name it?
2) If I create a /home directory with the remaining disk space, won't
root, that is, / create a /home directory automatically WITHIN its 3 gig
partition?
3) Is there a way to indicate a relative value for /home? That is, after
creating hda1 (3 gig) and a 128 meg swap file, is there a way for me to
indicate that I want the remaining space allocated to /home, that is
without indicating a SPECIFIC value, just to say: /home (hda4 or hda5)
will have the REMAINING space on hard drive hda, just as you do when
select 1 and grow and then your entire HD is automatically assigned to
your basic / directory?
Appreciate your help and look forward to your answers.
Thank you.
Benjamin
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