Hi
This mail is to maybe make a decision easier for you to make
I would go along in total with Rick.
I originally used one large partition / and a swap , while this
will not hurt anyone especially the casual user, I quickly learnt the value
of having a separate /home partition
Maybe it would be worth using the system in a test mode and evaluating
usage after say a month, with the intention of re installing if things are
not the way you want.......
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On 30/11/99 at 6:45 Rick Forrester wrote:
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>> As I wait for my rh6.1 cd to arrive in the mail I have a few questions
>> about the installation. I have decided to use my second IDE drive
>> which is 1.6 GB in space for redhat, but I am unsure on how I should
>> partition it up. Do I just stick everything into one partition and
>Nelson, You're going to get many suggestions that vary from "first
>make 20 partitions, with (a) this big and (b) that big and ... Which,
>for a new user, is silly. Unless you have detailed knowledge of your
>own uses of your system, and how much space you need for the different
>primary directories, don't bother with this.
>
>Security is more a matter of how you handle your system overall, rather
>than how many partitions you may happen to have.
>
>The general pattern I suggest to new users is this: create three
>partitions. Depending on the amount of space you have available,
>the following should put you in the ballpark:
>
>Partition Size
>/ <everything left, minimum of 600 Mb>
>swap space <a good rough cut is that if you have < 64Mb RAM
> make swap = 64Mb. If you have 64 Mb or more RAM,
> I generally make swap = RAM. If, for some project,
> you need more swap space on a temp basis you can
> create a swap file.
>/home <roughly 200 - 250 Mb suggested. Less will work.>
Regards
Greg W
IT Consultant Sydney Australia
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