On Thursday 03 March 2005 13:01, Christopher Taylor wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 07:15:26 +0000, riccardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 March 2005 10:14 pm, Christopher Taylor wrote:
> > > This is to help me in case I need to re-install
> >
> > In Linux, most things can be fixed, without re-installing.
> >
> > best rgds
> > ________
>
> I'm still used to Windows. It would be nice not to have to
> re-install and loose all the data. I think I'm going to like
> this.
>
> Chris
One of the best things in linux is exactly that.
Allow me an advice : �use the partitioning wisely. If you keep
especially your /home directory on a separate partition you can
keep all your personal files, settings and whatnot forever. �Next
time you install a newer version or do a kernel upgrade, just don't
format that partition and everything will work right away.
A good partitioning scheme for a complete newbie could look like
this :
Make a root partition (/) of about 10 GB
Make a swap partition equal to your RAM size
Make a /home partition on the rest.
...and for the file system, use a journalling one, like ReiserFS,
ext3, XFS or JFS. (no file system for the swap partition).
Of course one can elaborate ad infinitum on this, but IMHO this is
the basics.
Enjoy...
Kaj Haulrich.
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