Partitioning--Advice?
I'm going to be installing Debian on a 1GB internal SCSI drive, and I'd like some advice on partitioning. I have a version of drive setup that can make A/UX partitions, or I can boot into the setup from BootX and use the partitioner there. I know I need a swap partition (~64MB, right, since I have 64MB of RAM?) and at least one "linux native" partition, but I understand it's better to have separate partitions for some, if not all, of the root directories (/home, /var, /etc, etc.), so I'd like advice on how much space to give each partition. Also, using the partition tool from the rescue disk, do I need to use the "C" command or the "c" command to make the partitions? If "C", what type do I specify? I tried "Linux_Swap", and the installer doesn't recognize it. I tried "Linux Swap" and got an error. BTW, I'm not going to be using this installation for anything fancy, like a big server or a firewall, it's just sort of for messing around and learning linux. Thanx! -- ____ / ) / ) /--/ __. __ / / __. , __o _ _ / (_(_/|_/ (_(_) / / <_ /__/_(_/|_\/ <__
Re: Partitioning--Advice?
Look in the mail archives for Ethan Benson's detail advice and howtos on partitioning for PowerMacintosh's. Since you only have a 1GB drive, I would not worry about creating seperate partitions for /home, /etc, /var ... Just have one partition for everything. If you intstall more drives later, you can partition them the way you want, copy the information from /home (for example) to the new drive/partition and then mount the new drive/partition to /home. Use the linux partitioner (cfdisk) that comes with the debian install disks/cd. Choose the drive and create a 64MB linux swap partition and have the rest as a linux ext2 partition. That's all you need. Brendan Simon. Aaron Davies wrote: > I'm going to be installing Debian on a 1GB internal SCSI drive, and I'd like > some advice on partitioning. I have a version of drive setup that can make > A/UX partitions, or I can boot into the setup from BootX and use the > partitioner there. I know I need a swap partition (~64MB, right, since I have > 64MB of RAM?) and at least one "linux native" partition, but I understand > it's better to have separate partitions for some, if not all, of the root > directories (/home, /var, /etc, etc.), so I'd like advice on how much space > to give each partition. Also, using the partition tool from the rescue disk, > do I need to use the "C" command or the "c" command to make the partitions? > If "C", what type do I specify? I tried "Linux_Swap", and the installer > doesn't recognize it. I tried "Linux Swap" and got an error. BTW, I'm not > going to be using this installation for anything fancy, like a big server or > a firewall, it's just sort of for messing around and learning linux. Thanx!
Re: Partitioning--Advice?
Use the installer's disk partition tool. Use the c (lowercase) key to make all partitions and you MUST name the swap partition "swap". I recommend that you make a 100 Mb swap partition and make the other 900 Mb, or the rest of the drive. Just use c and everything will be fine. It takes care of the type if you name it in all lowercase "swap". Have fun installing Debian, I just switched to it from SuSE and it is great. You only have a 1 Gb drive, so just a / is fine. Have a Nice Day. Blake C.M. Setlow > I'm going to be installing Debian on a 1GB internal SCSI drive, and I'd like > some advice on partitioning. I have a version of drive setup that can make > A/UX > partitions, or I can boot into the setup from BootX and use the partitioner > there. I know I need a swap partition (~64MB, right, since I have 64MB of > RAM?) > and at least one "linux native" partition, but I understand it's better to > have > separate partitions for some, if not all, of the root directories (/home, > /var, > /etc, etc.), so I'd like advice on how much space to give each partition. > Also, > using the partition tool from the rescue disk, do I need to use the "C" > command > or the "c" command to make the prtitions? If "C", what type do I specify? I > tried "Linux_Swap", and the installer doesn't recognize it. I tried "Linux > Swap" > and got an error. BTW, I'm not going to be using this installation for > anything > fancy, like a big server or a firewall, it's just sort of for messing around > and > learning linux. Thanx! > -- > ____ >/ ) / ) > /--/ __. __ / / __. , __o _ _ > / (_(_/|_/ (_(_) / / <_ /__/_(_/|_\/ <__ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
