> Yes, sorry... I meant my Swap to be 2x my RAM so I would go for a Swap > partition of about 130 MB or so. Is Root where the actual OS is
That's a good choice. Root (the / partition itself) contains directories and files needed by the system. At minimum, it needs to have enough room to store files and directories which can't be (or is unwise to be) stored in other partitions. These would include directories such as /etc, /sbin, /bin, and so forth. You could have a small / partition (on the order of 64-128 megs or so; I've done it with as little as 32 megs in / in older releases) provided of course you have a partition (or partitions) for the bulk of the system - most programs are stored underneath /usr, which could be mounted on another partition. > Lastly, is the Home partition for all Programs one wants to load? With a > Swap partition of 130 MB and Root of 1 GB, that only leaves me about 900 Not as such. You could install programs in your home directory, but most programs you install will go in either /usr or /usr/local. Think of /usr (loosely) as the "Program Files" area and /home as the "My Documents" area. It's not a completely valid analogy, as some programs are located in other places, and other files (like documents) are stored elsewhere too. > MB for a Home partition. Does that sound about right? And again, will > DiskDrake allow me to create those partitions or will I have to purchase > Partition Magic? Diskdrake should do fine, no need for PM. As others suggest, you'll probably do best for the time being with a single partition for / (and everything else) and a separate partitino for swap. One really needs some experience to figure out good settings for other partitions on a multi-partition setup and you don't want to run out of space because you underestimated your space needs. And, if you run out of space, you can always get a bigger secondary disk, and move larger directories out of the first disk and into partitions on the second disk. > Nick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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