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> Subject: Re: Beginner's question on partitioning
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> On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Woody wrote:
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> > Actually I can agree with you totallyjust one thingI don't
> think
> > that you will ever use a full 128 M swap space UNLESS you are
> running som
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Woody wrote:
> Actually I can agree with you totallyjust one thingI don't think
> that you will ever use a full 128 M swap space UNLESS you are running some
> big daddy server.
Or running a couple of Netscape Windows, a WordPerfect for Linux, an emacs
or two...n
agreed.
Woody
Security Administrator
Localline.com, Oxford, IN
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Michael Jinks wrote:
> Woody wrote:
>
> > Actually I can agree with you totallyjust one thingI don't think
> > that you will ever use a full 128 M swap space UNLESS you are running
Woody wrote:
> Actually I can agree with you totallyjust one thingI don't think
> that you will ever use a full 128 M swap space UNLESS you are running some
> big daddy server.
Fair enough. I seem to remember some past threads around here that took up
this issue, and the general con
> From: Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Beginner's question on partitioning
> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 4:04 PM
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> > > - swap partition
> > > - root partition
> > > - /usr partition
> > &g
> > - swap partition
> > - root partition
> > - /usr partition
> > - /home partition
> > The advantage of this setup is not explained. Can anyone explain the advantage
> > of splitting up a large drive into multible partitions
My own take on this. . . (warning: stop reading here)
There are l
it,
won't hurt, but I don't see why you need to.I may be wrongthats
just my opinion.any comments?
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Beginner's question on partitioning
> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 2:52 PM
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Generaly you split up the directories to different partitions because of
hardware failure tolerances. Ie if you lose the root drive, you still
have all your users stuff safe.
Also it lets you format / and install a new version of the OS and all the
u
I'm new to Linux, and to Unix for that matter, and am curious about
partitioning. The Red Hat Linux manual says you can have a simple setup using
just one partition but suggests the following...
- swap partition
- root partition
- /usr partition
- /home partition
The advantage of this setup is
