Thanks. Any idea why Disk Druid would always say the "/" partition is too big?
At 10/28/1999 2:48:00 PM you wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>> What are all the linux partitions I should setup for Mandrake (& min/max size)?
>Also,
everytime I
>> setup the partitions, it'll say that one or more of them are "too big", even if
>it's only set to be
1MB! I
>> can't figure that out. The way I got past it the last time was to add additional
>partitions
beyond what
>> I planned to use, and then only these additional, unallocated partitions would be
>"too big"!
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>MINIMUM, depending on your drive size, you need a "/" and
>swap space. Other recommended partitions might be a "/boot"
>(for larger hard drives to ensure that the kernel falls
>within the first 1024 cylinders) of about 10-15 megs; a
>/home directory, a "/" directory and a /usr directory. If
>you plan on storing RPMs that you've installed and such,
>you might consider a /storage partition.
>As for size, a "/home" might be 250-500 megs or more
>depending on how many users you plan to support. I'd
>suggest something on the order of 50-100 megs per user you
>plan to have so people can have utilities and such
>installed in their home directory. For /usr I'd suggest at
>least 500 megs, if not more like a gig.... Swap space size
>depends on your memory. The more memory, the less swap you
>need. I'd say 64-128 megs SWAP wouldn't hurt. 128 or more if
>you have less than 128 megs of RAM (basically, double your
>RAM up to 64 megs, and then, I wouldn't see any advantage
>to MORE than 128 megs unless you're doing something like
>serving up web sites, and then what're you doing serving up
>web pages with only 128 megs of RAM!? <G>)
> John
Regards,
Steve Leseman
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