Hi Wes, Having a /home partition seperate to your / (root) partition is a good idea it will save you great headaches if ever you decide to re-install Mandrake.
The size of the partition depends on how many users you will have on your system. If you are going to be the only user with an account on the system, then 250Mb should suffice, perhaps a little more. It doesn't matter what filesystem you use for the /home partition, nope. It's all a matter of preference. ;) Linux, unlike Windows does not care whether the partition is primary or extended, so you can safely not select anything. I hope this helps. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |----------------------------------------------------------| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |----------------------------------------------------------| On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Wes Gregg wrote: > Hello, > > I was installing linux to an approximately 8 gig partition (reiserfs) > and that seemed to give some stability in the case of my numerous > stabs at the reset switch. But now I have a somewhat stable system > but have to reinstall linux due to video driver issues. > > It has been suggested that I shrink this partition down a little bit > in order to create a separate smaller partition for my /home > directories. This in case I ever have to reinstall (after this next time) I > won't lose all of our email/personal files/configuration & settings. > > What is a good size for the /home directory? I know I don't need > the whole 8 gigs for my "main" linux partition - I think when I installed > Mandrake it only took up about 3.5 gigs, maybe even a little bit less. > > Does it matter what file system I use for the separate partition? > Should I just make it reiserfs also? > > And while I'm wondering about partitions, somewhere I had the > option to tell it whether a partition shouold be primary, extended, or > not pick anything. Not knowing what I should pick, I didn't pick any > option. Does it matter in linux if I choose an option or not? > > Thanks, > Wes G. > (Temporarily) from Windows > > >
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