> My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I would
> like to know what the best way to bust it up for partitioning and
> mounting; IE I would like a list of partition sizes and mount points that you
> fairly efficient for a utilitarian machine. In learning Linux, I want to
> dabble in everything, and tinker with it all, including a web server at
> some point. Nothing large-scale or fancy, just a setup that will give me
> enough room to play around.
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Olson</bold>
you're asking for opinions, 'cause that's all you're fixin to
get Steve ;) 6 gigs is plenty, specially if you dual boot and
store files that either OS can use (mp3, jpg, gif, etc), or files
you really don't wanna haft'a download again (eg, Staroffice) on
vfat space.
So my advice for a brand new newbie is to make a 120 to 150mb
'/swap', maybe a small '/boot' partiton ( 40mb, really only needed
if the install would be beyond 1024 cylinders), and put all the
rest in '/'. Most all of us install, reinstall, and upgrade often
when new to linux. If after a while you subcribe to the touted
advantages of creating seperate /usr, /home, /root, /var, /etc,
etc partitions you should by then at least know about how big each
should be to suit your purposes. 'Kdirstat' is a great tool for
keeping tract of how much space you're using in various
directories.
I've got 140mb /swap (with 256mb ram), 40mb /boot, the rest
of 5 gigs is all '/', on an 8 gig second HDD (ide2 master). The
remaining 3 gigs are a storage area for both OS's (W98, Mdk 7).
I mount that 3 gigs as '/d', and my hda1 Winblows (ide1, master,
13.6 gig) as '/c'. I find that's easier to navigate to than
'/mnt/hda_1' or '/mnt/hdb_3' as Mandrake install originally set
them.
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
