Sorry, forgot to mention that. Basically two jobs, POP3 mail and FTP
server (very small).
Then it is very good idea to separate the system software, the mail
spool, and FTP area. Also, you probably want to have a separate
partition for user home directories even if the only user will
I'm installing RH5.0 for a client. The hard drive they wish to use is a
6GB Maxtor IDE drive.
I'd like to hear from others their thoughts on partitioning this drive
as well as any pitfalls I may encounter.
Depends. What's the machine going to be doing? Web server? Usenet news
server?
Sorry, forgot to mention that. Basically two jobs, POP3 mail and FTP
server (very small).
-Original Message-
From: John J. Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 4:12 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject:Re: Partitioning large hard drives
I'm