Hi :) Ahh, i've not seen you make many tpyos before but it had to happen one day. Glad to see you have joined the rest of us so thoroughly :)) Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Andrew Brown <andre...@icon.co.za> >To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013, 8:43 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed > > >Sorry typo, meant to read 100GB not MB. Allowing for anything FAT coming >along. > >Andrew Brown > >On 07/08/2013 10:18 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> I tend to make / around 10-15Gb now for Ubuntu. 100Mb is about enough >> for a separate /boot partiiton but not enough for the / of most >> distros, especially not for the most bloated distro of all. I've >> found that even 8Gb gets in trouble quite quickly unless you are quite >> good at doing maintenance such as using the Janitor fairly often. >> >> You don't get much of a performance boost by having a separate /home >> unless that /home is on a physically separate drive but it does make >> he system more robust and safer to upgrade. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Andrew Brown <andre...@icon.co.za> >> *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org >> *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 8:19 >> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed >> >> Ubuntu install is the same, if using the default install options it >> creates the swap partition (at least equal to installed RAM >> amount), and >> then then one partition for all. I change this and like many here, >> create the root / (100MB), and the balance of the drive capacity to >> /home, keeping my data separate. >> >> Regards >> >> Andrew Brown >> >> On 07/08/2013 07:53 AM, Doug wrote: >> > On 08/07/2013 01:05 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> >> Hi :) >> >> If you have your /home on a separate partition then it might be >> possible to install the 64bit version of Ubuntu without disturbing >> your 32 it version. I tend to use a 10-15Gb partition for / for >> Ubuntu. It doesn't really need all that much space but Ubuntu is >> about the most bloated distro at the moment. Having plenty of >> space makes it easier when installing programs. >> >> Regards from >> >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> > I did that on PCLOS. It works well, altho a few apps that are >> strictly >> > 32-bit will not run on the 64-bit installation.I lost Adobe >> Reader on >> > the 64-bit os, because there is no 64-bit version of that s/w. I >> had to >> > go find a 64-bit version of one or two other programs. But >> basically, >> > it's a lot simpler than having to back up all your files to an >> external >> > storage medium and then having to copy everything back to a >> completely >> > new install. >> > >> > You will have to make a new blank partition on the drive, using >> > gparted or something similar, and format it to ext4 and call it / >> > Then when you install the 64-bit version, DO NOT format /home, >> > only / (Your distro may or may not make it mandatory to reformat / >> > during the install, even tho you formatted it already.) >> > >> > Be careful when you install the 64-bit os, so as to NOT make a new >> > /home. Note that you probably already have a swap partition, so >> > don't make another one. Any and all Linux os's on the disk can use >> > the one swap. >> > >> > It has been quite a while since I did an Ubuntu install, so I can't >> > be more specific. And I don't think I would try this with Korora-- >> > its installation would drive a saint crazy! (Just to get it onto >> > two partitions is maddening!) >> > >> > Good luck--doug >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> <mailto:unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org> >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and >> cannot be deleted >> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
