goodaye, i have been looking into setting up mdk8.2 on separate partitions on a 20gb disk and found the following document extremely useful. especially section 6 which may answer many questions you have raised here. there is a mass of other info on this site, pls have a good look around. regards, russell. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO/index.html
--- Dennis & Sue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:02 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Fresh Install Advice > > Just thought I would mention this as a future aid > maybe. Whenever I do an > install I install from scratch, but, I always have a > partition called /obj > that I save all of my /home stuff that I want to > keep. Like photos or mail > etc. Before I wipe the disk I transfer that /home > stuff to /obj and then > when > I format the drive I keep the /obj intact and do not > reformat it. What this > does is gives me a clean /var, /usr, /home and / > partitions and I can pull > the good stuff back into home as desired. Hope that > was clear and not badly > put. It does save me a problem with conflicting > files as the release numbers > go up. HTH. > -- > Dennis M. linux user # 180842 > > No that was put quite excellent. I think I do the > same thing, Calling my > area /storage instead. > I put rpms, pics, text files, user backups, etc in > there. > But, Your reply raises another burning question. > Something I've wondered about, And have yet to > receive a satifying answer > for : > What is the " best" way to partition your drive, and > Why ? > Why set up / , /var , / usr , / home , What's the > logic, or purpose of > this ? > I've set mine up with seperate partitions for / , > and /user. > I've also set partitions up / , and /home. > also, just one partition for / . > of the three ways I've done it, going / , /home > seemed like the best when > it came time for a reinstall , ( reload / No need > to worry about / home > everything is restored as it was before mucking up / > ). > When I went / , /usr I had to format both > partitions, or neither. So I > lost my / home settings. > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > http://www.yahoo.promo.com.au/hint/ - Yahoo! Hint Dropper - Avoid getting hideous gifts this Christmas with Yahoo! Hint Dropper!
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