Partitioning -- was Re: choosing a distro and version

Sun Feb 24 21:59:32 EST 2002

Janina, just one thing to add to your suggestion of dumping the /tmp and
/var partitions.
I was of the understanding that files relating to dns services resided
somewhere under /var and I did want to have a dns service running so I could
access my other machines on my little hobby network here at home from the
internet.
Also, I don't imagine that those two small hard drives will be residing in
my Linux computer for ever as the only game in town so to speak, I am
planning to buy a 20 or a 40 for my main system which is a Windows box,
remove the 12 gb from the Windows box of course, and stick it in the Linux
box so itwould then have three.
As the edition of a 12 gb would change the complection of the system in a
radical sense I undoubtedly would flatten the two smaller hard drives and
re-install everything to fully take advantage of the fact that I would have
a great deal more storage space.
I'd imagine my Linux system with only two hard drives in it will only be up
for a couple of weeks before I have bought the new drive, however; I figure
that what I have is decent to learn from in the beginning and I'd guess
whatever software I could fit in a 1 gb /usr partition would be enough to
occupy my thirst to learn Linux until I add the larger drive.
Thanks for sending the extra info and good luck with the new software you
were playing with.
Ed Barnes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: Partitioning -- was Re: choosing a distro and version

Yes, they were missing, sorry about that. Playing around with unfamiliar
software ...

Let me try this again ...

Since you're only using this linux computer for yourself, and since your
hard drives are relatively small as these things are thought of today, I'd
advise dumping the /var and /tmp partitions. The 400 mB you specified for
/ is sufficient for / and /var and /tmp most probably. If anything on /var
gets too large, which is unlikely, you can always move it to /home and
create a symbolic link in /var--so you are not boxing yourself in by doing
this.

I guess that if it were me, I'd want a bit more than 1 gB for /usr because
I'd expect to play around with software. On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Ed Barnes
wrote:

> Hi janina, I think your editional comments you referred too are missing,
or
> at least I am unable to find them. Thanks. Ed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Partitioning -- was Re: choosing a distro and version
>
>
> Hi, Ed:
>
> This looks much better to me. A couple of comments sill, however:
>
>
>
> Ed Barnes writes:
> > Janina and list.
> > I am learning more and more from this list as I write to it and read the
> > messages of others and I should add that I am thoroughally enjoying
> > participating.
> > Guess the fact that I am a bit of a computer nird might have something
to
> do
> > with it in a sense because I spend hours and hours fooling around at
> > computer stuff outside of what school requires just because I enjoy it
as
> a
> > hobby.
> > Nevertheless, yes Janina I did forget the ned for a /usr partition.
> > Regarding putting the swap partition on /dev/hda1, I found it a little
odd
> > that you were commenting on this as I couldn't remember writing that in
> the
> > original message.
> >      I actually didn't or didn't intend to write it that way but I've
> looked
> > at the message that you would have received late last night and that is
> what
> > you saw when you read the message so it makes some sense now.
> >  I have a touchpad on my notebook which I've not yet disabled and
> sometimes
> > if my palm hits it as I type and I don't realize it my messages end up
as
> a
> > bit of a jumble and things are miss-aligned.
> > The pointer that you use a / partition of 256 mb approx and that I could
> get
> > away with 400 mb or so is invaluable.
> > This drastically changes things, but it is change for the better.
> > After reading your note I am wondering if a partition scheme such as the
> > following would be more appropriate? Once again I'm planning on
installing
> > the modified Red Hat 7.2 on a Pentium II 233 mhz w 64 mb of ram. Any and
> all
> > thoughts welcome folks.
> > /dev/hda is a 2 gb hd
> > /dev/hda1
> > / partition 400 mb
> > /dev/hda2
> > /usr partition 1 gb (I don't plan on installing anything from x)
> > /dev/hda3
> > /var 600 mb (very limitted mail and web and dns server capability)
> > /dev/hdb is a 1.6 gb hard disk
> > /dev/hdb1
> > swap partition of size 200 mb
> > /dev/hdb2
> > /tmp 400 mb
> > /dev/hdb3
> > /home remaining space on hard disk
> > Many thanks to all in advance.
> > Ed Barnes
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 2:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version
> >
> >
> > I don't know about the wisdom of putting swap in hda1. Sounds unusual to
> > me, put I don't know that there's actually anything wrong with that. I
> > just have never seen that.
> >
> > Also, it's not your /root -- but your / partition which is the root. 1.5
> > gB is undoubtedly large--try 500 mB or even less. I get away with about
> > 256 mB these days. Essentially, make this bigger if it includes /var,
and
> > less if /var is a separate partition, and less if /var will have
> > relatively little to do--no ftp, no web, only your mail, etc.
> >
> > Your note does not speak of /usr. That is very important, and will take
at
> > least 1 gB if you install nothing from X, and about 3.5 gB if you
install
> > everything in the RH 7.2 distribution.
> >
> > My advice is to let diskdruid figure out where to put things. It's good
at
> > that. Just specify the sizes and mount points. The term "Mount points,"
by
> > the way,  is linux speak for things like /, and /usr, and /home, etc.
> >
> >
> >
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