Also, I plan to have Linux and Windows on the same disk. Can I
place logical Linux partitions in an extended partition that also
contains logical FAT32 partitions?
Date sent: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 13:55:28 +0530 (IST)
From: Mr S Ganesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [newbie] How many partitions?
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> the original linux doc says that it is enough to have about 300 M for
> the / and as much as u need like 2400M for /usr and about 300 M for
> /home and any other partition you will like. Having separate
> partitions help you manage the machine properly and allows easier
> upgrades and so on. however i have only one partition / which is a
> complete hdd of 4 GB and have had no problems. All other things are in
> separate directories!!!!!!On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > I've been reading about partitioning quite a lot, but none of the
> > places I've read really give any reasons for their suggestions. I
> > know you can have all of Linux in one partition, but I'd like to do
> > it the best way. From various places I've seen separate partitions
> > for /, /boot, /usr, /var, and /home.
> >
> > How are these more useful separated out over many partitions?
> > What kind of space would they typically take up?
> > What is the functionallity of these partitions?
> > How do I tell Linux that I've created separate partitions for /usr
> > and /var for instance?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jake
> >
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