Subject: Re: Slackware Partition Setup
From: Peter Q. Olsson (olsson@koyukuk.at.uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 16:11:21 AKDT
James-
I am with Greg on this one. Actually, I usually make a lil boot partition 25-40
Meg, a swap partition, and then lump the rest together as /. Used to be that
you did not want users to fill up the system disk, hence the large # of
partitions seen on many big unix boxen.
I can personally attest to the fact that nothing dire happens to a linux box if
you fill up the system disk. Of course, logs do not get updated, etc, but
nothing that wipes out your system or anything.
The big "/" partition approach gives the most flexibility. That 6 Gb can
disappear quickly these days with monster apps. When it is filled, you get to
make the tradeoff: more apps or more user/data files. with a highly partitioned
hard disk you do not have this option so easily. Thats where Partition Magik
comes in handy...
PQO
>On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 15:50, James Raynor wrote:
>>
>> I am installing Slackware on a PC with a 6gb hdd. The set up does not
>> hold your hand like Red Hat and actually wants me to partition the HDD
>> myself, the nerve. Anyway, what partition schemes do you guys/gals
>> recommend? Thanks in advance.
>
>swap
>/
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>Greg Madden
>Precision Air Balance, Inc.
>email:pabi@gci.net
>Phone:(907)276-0461 Fax:(907)258-0461
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