on 3/1/01 11:35 AM, MaD dUCK at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what is the machine going to serve? > > - pop3? i'd assume no > - smtp yes > - proxy services? yes > - NAT? yes > - DNS? no > - DHCP? no > - firewall no >
DHCP is nice for allowing any computer to plug in to your network without configuration, such when you have a laptop from work or you have relatives that come for a visit and bring their laptop, etc. firewalling would depend on the type of internet connection you have. If you have an always-on connection (such as DSL, cable, satellite, wireless,etc), then a firewall would be advisable. If it's just a modem connection, one could argue that a firewall is not as necessary. >> I would like advice about partitioning. > > with 42Gb, you will be safe as follows: > > hda1 /boot 16M > hda2 <swap> your RAM size > hda5 / 500M > hda6 /usr 10G > hda7 /home 29G > hda8 /var 1G > hda9 /tmp 1G > I use to worry about this when I first started because I had absolutely no clue as to what partitions needed to be created and what size to make them. Especially when considering different size hard drives on different systems. I know that there are reasons to have separate partitions, but quite frankly I've been very happy creating just 2 partitions. 1 for swap and 1 for everything else. Simple and easy, and I have yet to regret it on any of the systems that I have installed. I would be interested in a discussion of possible ramifications of using this method. -- Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-556-4720