[newbie] Directory Structure
I am about to install Mandrake and need some advice on the directory structure I should us. I have a 6 Gig drive which I will dedicate to Linux use. I plan to keep any data that should be used by both W98 and Linux in a separate 5 Gig Fat partition on another drive. I would like to be able to do new installs without having to do a reformat of my Linux drive each time. I also might want to try to install Fedora. So, how can I set up my directory structure so that I can upgrade or add another distribution with minimum disruption and without deleting applications that I have added. Thanks Preston --- Betti Ann Preston Smith, Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1962 MGA 1600 MK II, 1980 MGB Limited Edition 2002 Damon Challenger 335 Motor Home on 2001 Ford V-10 20,500 lb chassis Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
You want to install both MDK and Fedora on 1 6 Gig harddrive? I don't know how others feel, but I personally feel that you are pushing the limits here in terms of space :\ Last time I tried fedora on a development machine, it took up a decent amount of space, and well I just don't think I would have been able to survive with a 6GB hdd ! Kind Regards -- Marc Hultquist ComputerKit Systems (Pty) Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P) +27 11 695 5317 (F) +27 11 312 1408 (C) +27 82 563 2861 (W) http://www.cks.co.za Confidentiality Notice: The above message and all attachments may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copy or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter delete the material from your computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of the entity transmitting the message. Computerkit Retail Systems (Pty) Ltd hereby distances itself from and accepts no liability in respect of the unauthorised use of its e-mail facility or the sending of e-mail communications for other than strictly business purposes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
Marc - Thanks - that is the type of info this newbie needs. Assuming then that I install just one distro, what directory/partition structure should I use and what size should they be? Preston At 09:31 AM 5/19/04, Marc Hultquist wrote: You want to install both MDK and Fedora on 1 6 Gig harddrive? I don't know how others feel, but I personally feel that you are pushing the limits here in terms of space :\ Last time I tried fedora on a development machine, it took up a decent amount of space, and well I just don't think I would have been able to survive with a 6GB hdd ! --- Betti Ann Preston Smith, Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1962 MGA 1600 MK II, 1980 MGB Limited Edition 2002 Damon Challenger 335 Motor Home on 2001 Ford V-10 20,500 lb chassis Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
Marc - Thanks - that is the type of info this newbie needs. Assuming then that I install just one distro, what directory/partition structure should I use and what size should they be? Preston At 09:31 AM 5/19/04, Marc Hultquist wrote: You want to install both MDK and Fedora on 1 6 Gig harddrive? I don't know how others feel, but I personally feel that you are pushing the limits here in terms of space :\ Last time I tried fedora on a development machine, it took up a decent amount of space, and well I just don't think I would have been able to survive with a 6GB hdd ! The easyest thing is to have one swap partition and one partition mounted at '/'. This has the advantage of not forcing you to guess how much space to allocate to / v.s /usr. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
David A. Ferguson wrote: The easyest thing is to have one swap partition and one partition mounted at '/'. This has the advantage of not forcing you to guess how much space to allocate to / v.s /usr. David Not very good idea. At least you should divide / and /home in separate partitions, otherwise on first opearting system update you're going to delete all your personal data. I'd suggest 3G for /, 2.5G for /home and 500M for swap (more or less). I have no experience with Fedora, but I did have MDK9.2 and W2K both installed on a 6G HD. No KDE or Gnome, though (but the complete development tools). raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
I have to agree with other replies on the list. I would basically for a simple setup do as follows: / - Root Partition /home -Home Direcroties /swap -Rule of thumb, your swap partition is twice the size of your ram, of course it can be bigger. -- Marc Hultquist ComputerKit Systems (Pty) Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P) +27 11 695 5317 (F) +27 11 312 1408 (C) +27 82 563 2861 (W) http://www.cks.co.za Confidentiality Notice: The above message and all attachments may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copy or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter delete the material from your computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of the entity transmitting the message. Computerkit Retail Systems (Pty) Ltd hereby distances itself from and accepts no liability in respect of the unauthorised use of its e-mail facility or the sending of e-mail communications for other than strictly business purposes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
On Wednesday 19 May 2004 08:42 am, Betti Ann Preston Smith wrote: Marc - Thanks - that is the type of info this newbie needs. Assuming then that I install just one distro, what directory/partition structure should I use and what size should they be? Preston At 09:31 AM 5/19/04, Marc Hultquist wrote: You want to install both MDK and Fedora on 1 6 Gig harddrive? I don't know how others feel, but I personally feel that you are pushing the limits here in terms of space :\ Last time I tried fedora on a development machine, it took up a decent amount of space, and well I just don't think I would have been able to survive with a 6GB hdd ! Preston: My advice would be to use the default partitioning suggested by the Mandrake installer, but with a separate /home partition. Format them as either reiser or ext3. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Directory Structure
One of the reasons for switching to unix was the control over the os that it allows. But I must admit the may files are organized are completly chaotic. One install installs everything into one directory another spreads the files out to every single directory on your drive. How you can possibly maintain backups. Its driving me nuts. I can never find anything. I am anal when it comes to how I keep my files. Is there some logic to this that I am missing? PK Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
Paul Kraus wrote: One of the reasons for switching to unix was the control over the os that it allows. But I must admit the may files are organized are completly chaotic. One install installs everything into one directory another spreads the files out to every single directory on your drive. How you can possibly maintain backups. Its driving me nuts. I can never find anything. I am anal when it comes to how I keep my files. Is there some logic to this that I am missing? PK Part of filesystem hierarchy structure is organized (read standardized) by the FHS (part of the LSB). FHS http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ LSB http://www.linuxbase.org/ Nÿco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
Nicolas VERITE wrote: FHS http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ For an on-line version of the fhs, see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/FHS Randy Kramer LSB http://www.linuxbase.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Directory Structure
Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:54:13 +1100 Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: On 13 Feb 2002 03:29:51 -0500, Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the reasons for switching to unix was the control over the os that it allows. But I must admit the may files are organized are completly chaotic. One install installs everything into one directory another spreads the files out to every single directory on your drive. How you can possibly maintain backups. Its driving me nuts. I can never find anything. I am anal when it comes to how I keep my files. Is there some logic to this that I am missing? GNU/Linux stores its files in a UNIX-like manner, which is tuned more towards servers and networks than to desktop computers. For a Windows user, who is used to each app having its own directory, this can be confusing. I was once in that position. Now, I'm quite used to it, and I appreciate the enormous power and flexibility it allows. snip well not really. Windows installers also scatter a lot of files around. That's why it's not advisable to just delete a directory instead of using the application's uninstaller (if it does have one). ciao! Worse, windows installers will happily replace a .dll with an older version of the same .dll. I found that SFC was the only way to keep up. Go figure? Michael -- 1 1 was a race-horse, 2 2 was 1 2. When 1 1 1 1 race 1 day, 2 2 1 1 2. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
