Thanks for all your help!
-Gregg. I'll keep this in the keep folder for sure.
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Mark Weaver wrote:
> Ok...but what does he do if he wants his system to run correctly? He's
> clearly going to need more room on "/" then 10MB. What about /etc, or /var
> which both have a tendency to "grow"...sometimes a lot. It also depends on
> what type of installation he wants to perform.
>
> Lets assume that he's going for the whole thing. Doing a developer install
> requires quite a bit of space. Lets also assume that since he's real new
> at all this that he's going to use a very simple, basic partitioning
> scheme. Since a developer install requires 2.5GB of disk space we already
> know that /use is going to be large. As well as /lib. So, the layout
> might go something like this.
>
> Assuming we're installing on a 10GB drive and 128MB of RAM
>
> SWAP = 300MB # approximately 1 1/2 times the amount of RAM
> / = 500MB # the filesystem's root and mount point
> /home = 4GB
> /var = 1GB # this is planning for system growth which includes database
> # files
> /usr = 4GB
>
> This scheme should accomodate an installation for a newbie quite nicely
> and allow for growth over at least a years time until they're at the point
> where they can seriously look at change and modification.
>
> --
> Mark
>
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Daryl Johnson wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 23:24:37 -0000
> > From: Daryl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux partitioning
> >
> > Hmmm, well, having answered this one already a few days ago it looks to me
> > as though there may be some mileage in both a FAQ and an archive in a more
> > formally structured ng.
> >
> > Anyway here goes.
> >
> > If you have <128Mb memory it seems like a good idea to make swap partition =
> > double RAM.
> >
> > You certainly need a / partition, which can be pretty large and a /home
> > partition for users and their assorted personal/mail files does no harm
> > either. Say... anything from 10Mb upwards for /home?
> >
> > A /root partition is quite a good idea if you are going to be using more
> > than one kernel. This one can be limited to say 10Mb.
> >
> > So :
> >
> > /swap = 2 times Ram (unless you have large amounts of Ram
> > /home = 10Mb or more depending on number of users and what personal
> > files/configurations they have
> > /root = /10Mb say?
> > / = the rest.
> >
> > >From all the good things being said about reiser in this ng it is worth
> > considering this format instead of ext2.
> >
> > Ummmmm oh yes, there is lots of information on this topic in already
> > existing FAQs and Howtos.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Daryl
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gregg Black
> > Sent: 25 February 2001 22:09
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] Linux partitioning
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm reading up on setting up linux, and it states that many will setup
> > separate partitions for /usr and /home besides ones swap space. I would
> > like to ask you how you usually setup your partitioning. I was a little bit
> > confused on it, for you at least need a mounting point of root. This is how
> > I did it, but I'm not sure if it's how it should be done. I set one
> > partition for about 3/4 of the drive as '/'. I thought that would cover my
> > separate partition for /usr as well as the mount point. My second partition
> > and about 1/4 of the drive (not all, as the last is for swap) I set as mount
> > point /home. Then of course the remaining 256 megs I set for swap.
> >
> > At first I was going to create a 7 meg partition just for mounting root,
> > then the larger 3/4 approx for /usr, and then the last primary for /home but
> > I thought it just made more sense to make just a / and /home partition.
> > Maybe I'm just not thinking about this correctly. Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated!
> >
> > I'm using mandrake 7.2
> >
> > -Gregg
> >
>
>
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