Hi, Sorry for butting in, but I was wondering: do we have to create the swap partition or can we just have a "/".
TIA. Hugo. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Laying Out Partitions? > > 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. > > That's fine. > > > Is Root where the actual OS is > > installed... The System Files, etc.? > > No, there are only directories in the root directory, and /root is > basically the home directory of the root user. The OS, well, > let's say the kernel, is located in /boot, and the rest of the > configuration files, libraries, etc. are scattered in various > other places. > > > Lastly, is the Home partition for all Programs one wants to load? > > Typically, no. Home is just for personal data (letters, spreadsheets, > etc.) and configuration files (KDE, Gnome, X apps, etc.). You could > run smaller apps from your home directory. I, for instance, run the > AudioGalaxy client from my home directory. But as a rule, apps go > somewhere under /usr. > > > With a > > Swap partition of 130 MB and Root of 1 GB, that only leaves me about 900 > > 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? > > With a 2GB drive, I think Tom Brinkman's strategy is the best. Just make > a swap partition (130MB is fine), and make the rest a single partition > mounted at /. You'll save yourself a lot of space headaches. > > DiskDrake will do it. Don't both with PM. I've used version 7 (the latest), > and it's caused great headaches for me. Plus, PM doesn't make ReiserFS > partitions, which you'll probably want to use instead of Ext2. > > > Sorry to be so persistent, but having never run or installed Linux, this > > all seems rather foreign to me although I've been a Win32 User for years. > > No apology necessary. > > Miark > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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