multiple partitions

2000-03-31 Thread Glenn Hudson
Hi, I am hoping someone might help me understand why Linux is usually setup a certain way. Most Linux PC have only one disk drive yet it is recommended that the disk be partitioned into many pieces (home, root, var, swap). I thought this kind of setup would cause excessive disk head movement.

root on RAID

2000-03-31 Thread Glenn Hudson
RedHat Linux 6.1 has the following warning: http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/61/rh6.1-hcl-i.ld-5.html#ss5.6 5.6 RAID Contr ollers Known Issues: The installation of Red Hat Linux's root partition onto a RAID device is not supported. --