On 7/24/05, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of the documentation I read recommend separate partitions of each > `meta' directory like /usr, /var etc. However, till now, I have never > felt the need to do so on my Desktop, and I fear that one partition > may start demanding more space. I wanted to know whether other desktop > users also go for the single partition mounted root, or used something > else (LVM?).
I for one would say keep /home in a separate partition. This way even if you reinstall or change distro your data remains intact. Also always good idea to keep /tmp in no no-exec partition - take care of security by not allowing files in /tmp to execute. Rest is recomended and upto you on how much space to allocate. > Also, on systems with 512MB RAM, 2*RAM is 1 GB. Is that much of swap > necessary? Not Mem*2 school of thought but go for max. (2GB) unless hard disk space is seriously constrained. You never know what all you may be running at one time down the line and regret not having swap memory. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
