On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for the info, however last night I installed successfully VectorLinux,
> including all of my hardware. Unfortunately this Slackware based distro
> doesn't
> have the function you mention, so I have to manually partition the drive.
>
> If there is some advice or help you could shed with me I would appreciate it
> very much.
There's no hard and fast rule - it depends what you intend using the box
for.
If it's for personal use {I.E. you're the only one going to be using it},
then just set aside an area equal to your RAM size for swap, and put the
rest in one big partition.
If you intend using the box as a server or for some specific purpose, then
it gets more difficult - if it's going to be used, say, as a dedicated web
server then you'd want more room for logs & web pages - it really depends
what you want to do with it.
The easiest way is to run two partitions - one for swap, and one for
everything else. It works.
DaZZa
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