Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-09 Thread Michel Verdier
"Alexander N. Benner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on > /dev/hdb1 63885 2864231944 47% / > /dev/hdb9 761184 142804 579045 20% /var > /dev/hdb52270179 210241050415 98%

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-04 Thread Alexander N. Benner
Hi Now I also want to write :) Ship's Log, Lt. Jiri Baum, Stardate 041298.1122: > > > Usually, when you see a system with a bunch of mount points, it's because > > there's more than one disk. Using 4 2GB drives is better than one 8GB > > drive because: > And a couple of others: > > 3. ch

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-04 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > > I decided to partition my hard disk into: > > /boot 50MB > > /home 50MB (maybe more) > > /root 50MB > > /var150MB (maybe more) > > /usr700MB > > /etc50MB > > /swap 128MB > >

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 03 Dec 1998q, Joseph Hartmann wrote: > I have run linux for years with just a linux native partition as > big as I can make it, and a linux swap (= 2x my ram size) with no > problem. I believe your approach is some kind of "protection" > for runaway events, but in four years I have had no such

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Kenneth Scharf
to add to the mess: I have three smaller disks, a 320mb, and two 500mb's, one of which is scsi. The 320mb is /dev/hda and is partitioned as 32mb swap, rest is "/". The 500mb scsi is mounted as /usr, and the 500mb /dev/hdb is mounted as /usr/local. Weird maybe, but I had some special needs.

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Michael Wahl" wrote: > I decided to partition my hard disk into: > /boot 50MB > /home 50MB (maybe more) > /root 50MB > /var150MB (maybe more) > /usr700MB > /etc50MB > /swap 1

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Joseph Hartmann
I have run linux for years with just a linux native partition as big as I can make it, and a linux swap (= 2x my ram size) with no problem. I believe your approach is some kind of "protection" for runaway events, but in four years I have had no such event. I think the partitioning is not necessary

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Michael Beattie
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Michael Wahl wrote: [snip] > I decided to partition my hard disk into: > /boot 50MB about 2-3 would have done. I left mine on / . The main reason you'd separate it is to have it under the 540MB limit/1024 Cylinder limit on some old BIOS's. >

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > So, I make a guess: > > For my first time installation: > 1.7GB hard disk, 98MB RAM > > > -NT40, Win95 (I’m not sure about this) > -Staroffice > -ME10, ProE (CAD Software) > -Excel > -Neoplanet (Net Browser) > -CorelDraw7 > -Some Games (WingC

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Erik Maxwell
At 02:10 AM 12/3/98 PST, Michael Wahl wrote: >So, I make a guess: > >For my first time installation: > 1.7GB hard disk, 98MB RAM > > > -NT40, Win95 (I’m not sure about this) >-Staroffice > -ME10, ProE (CAD Software) > -Excel > -Neoplanet (Net Browser) > -

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Michael Wahl
So, I make a guess: For my first time installation: 1.7GB hard disk, 98MB RAM -NT40, Win95 (I’m not sure about this) -Staroffice -ME10, ProE (CAD Software) -Excel -Neoplanet (Net Browser) -CorelDraw7 -Some Games (WingCommander, For

Re: Understanding /root Re: My solution

1998-12-03 Thread Michael Wahl
So, I make a guess: For my first time installation: 1.7GB hard disk, 98MB RAM -NT40, Win95 (I’m not sure about this) -Staroffice -ME10, ProE (CAD Software) -Excel -Neoplanet (Net Browser) -CorelDraw7 -Some Games (WingCommander, For