RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Joe Polk
ROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice > > > I've not played with LVM myself, but it would certainly give you > flexibility. If I don't find a buyer for my HP Netserver, I may just > play with

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Douglas, Stuart
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice I've not played with LVM myself, but it would certainly give you flexibility. If I don't find a buyer for my HP Netserver, I may just play with LVM myself. For a relatively

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Joe Polk
r act as an emergency spare to replace any in > production. > > Now I have to go read up on LVM to see if I can add it to the mix. > > Thanks again! > > Stuart > > > -Original Message- > From: Joe Polk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, Mar

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Douglas, Stuart
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice I see a couple of problems already. /boot should be no more than 100MB. Anything more is a waste. / should be way more than 500MB. I know that some will say "I run my entire Linux box on a 486DX66 and 250MB HD!" Well, this is RH8 and gi

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Joe Polk
it hear, but if anyone has any feedback given the above, your > advice or comments are always greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Stuart > > > > -Original Message- > From: Thierry ITTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Douglas, Stuart
-Original Message- From: Thierry ITTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 38 GB partitioning advice I'd set up reasonnable system partitions (depending on what you'll install) such as 50/100 MB for /boot 2/4GB for / sw

Re: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-25 Thread Thierry ITTY
I'd set up reasonnable system partitions (depending on what you'll install) such as 50/100 MB for /boot 2/4GB for / swap (twice ram) then use LVM for the rest. with LVM you'll be able to increase/decrease partitions size seamlessly A 13:00 24/03/2003 -0500, vous avez écrit : >All, > >I'm settin

Re: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-24 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Joe Polk > > I typically partition as follows: > /boot - can be very small, around 50-75MB. I think RH8 recommends 75mb. > / - I like to make this fairly large, but not the largest since it > houses everything not specified elsewhere. > /home - If you intend to have lots of users or s

Re: 38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-24 Thread Joe Polk
Partitioning can be a subjective thing since it depends, in part, on what you intend to do with the machine. If, for instance, you intend to have a sizable user base, then you want to have plenty of /home space. Regardless, most people new to Linux make the mistake of not making /usr and /var large

38 GB partitioning advice

2003-03-24 Thread Douglas, Stuart
All, I'm setting up a RH8 server (FTP) onto mirrored 40 GB drives (38162 usable...doing the RAID as part of the OS install) and need some partitioning suggestions for the installation. What partitions and sizes should I use (and why for those who feel like being extra informative...thanks in a