On 16 February 2010 23:10, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, I have a system with 3 separate Hard drives that I would like to > know how to partition and I would like to know if there is anyone with any > suggestions. > > There are currently three hard drives on my system: > > #1 : 20 GB drive > #2 : 200 GB drive > #3 : 250 GB drive > > Based on this setup, is it possible to have /root and /boot on two separate > drives (in my case '/root' was in #2, and '/boot' was on #1)? The reason I > ask is because I attempted to do an install using this scheme but it gave me > error 17 or 15 ( one of them) so if anyone could offer any solution such > that I can use HD #1 and #1 together in my Linux install would be great. And > also, how big should '/root' paritition be considering that the drive I use > for it is 200GBs, well, Thank you for all the help!!! > > Joel >
If you are only using LFS, you'll do well to reserve a partition for your *next* system. If you think you might still use a distro in the future, reserve some space for that (and be aware that it might mess with user and group numbers). I tend to use 5GB or less for a desktop system. If you plan to build *all* of gnome, or *all* of kde, that probably isn't enough space, but in my case I'd probably put /boot (100MB is big), swap if any, and 2 or 3 versions of '/' on the 20GB drive. The only things I put separately on a desktop are /boot, swap, and /home. Pedantically, /sources in my case is an nfs mount on my server, but for a single machine I'd put it in /home, shared between systems. In my case, with lots of old junk there, /sources uses 18GB. If you are only using LFS, you'll do well to reserve a partition for your *next* system. If I was running a bloated system, I'd probably set aside at least 10GB per system, so on the 200GB drive, and use the remainder of the 200GB drive for /home. Maybe use some of the 20GB drive to build a rescue system (not much more than straight LFS) in case one of the main systems gets trashed. The filesystems on the biggest disk could then be mounted below /mnt or /media, or even in ~/ depending on what they contain and who is to access them. There are no rules, but it's always a good idea to think about how you are going to back up any data that needs to be backed up, and how you hope to recover from accidental rm -rf when you are root in '/'. Worth thinking about the options, because repartitioning is a real pain (even if you have the important systems and data backed up). ĸen -- After tragedy, and farce, "OMG poneys!" -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
