I had always heard in the old days to have /var on its
own partition as a security feature. It prevents a
hacker from getting a log to flood the / partition.
That may be wrong or irrelevant now, though.
--- "Richard T. Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since my last question was not as dumb as I thought,
> let me see if I can get
> lucky twice.
>
> If I understand what you are suggesting, since I
> have 128 meg of memory, I would
> make the swap 256meg. It seems to me
> that in the past I have read that once the swap gets
> above 128, Linux doesn't do
> much with the extra size. Am I totally daffy,
> or was this a limitation that recent releases has
> remedied.
>
> If I have a 10 gig drive, can I assume that boot
> stays at 64 meg? Would / stay
> at 3.5 or do I want to double that
> and leave the remainder for /home?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Christopher Molnar wrote:
>
> >
> > I teach some classes for new Linux users. Here is
> what I tell them for a 5
> > Gig drive. (OK, I know I am about to be corrected,
> flamed, etc for this but I
> > can handle it [sniff] - just remember this is a
> general suggestion and is not
> > written in stone).
> >
> > Do NOT let the installer auto-partition. I have a
> different opinion about
> > putting /var onto it's own partition. Don't.
> >
> > These are in order on how I recommend creating on
> a 5 gig drive:
> > /boot = 64 meg
> > Swap = 2 times the amount of physical memory in
> your machine. More if a
> > server (probably 4 times).
> > / = 3.5 Gig
> > /home = remainder of all drive space.
> >
> > This seems to let them do a full development
> install and it works.
> >
> > (OK, let me have it!). Anyways, forgive me mailing
> list Gods, but if you are
> > near New Haven, CT USA check out the Mandrake
> Campus courses at:
> > http://www.innovationsw.com/training.
> > -Chris
> >
> > >
> > > Christopher Molnar wrote:
> > > > 7.3 ???? NO, No, no.....
> > > >
> > > > 8.0 ---- YES, Yes, yes!
> > > >
> > > > Seriously, this will be a lot of major
> enhancements, this won't be 7.3.
> > > > And give it a few more months. I am not sure
> if you already subscribe,
> > > > but if you find the list Cooker Changelog you
> can watch the progress.
> > > >
> > > > -Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------
>
>
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