I use SuSE, and did not have any trouble with either my 8.4GB when I
got it or my 20GB. For LILO purposes, as mentioned, the kernel and
friends need to be before the 1024th cylinder. For a while I had been
advocating using one big root partition, but for fsck purposes that may
not be a wise choice. Also, the location of the swap partition can affect
performance. When I installed the 20G, I decided to have multiple file
systems:
/boot immediately follows the Windoz partition. I then have a root
partition containing /usr and /var. Then the swap followed by the /home.
The reasoning is to try to limit the head movement. Some of the
automatic installers are placing swap at the end of the drive. I prefer
keeping the swap closer to the action. I also use my /home directory for
downloads rather than /usr/src. If I decide to rebuild again, I'll probably
allocate /var separately.
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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