still havin probs :)

[Brian Densmore]

Edgar,

    Actually I prefer to put the swap last as far out as possible. Sorry if I
confused the extended/logical partition etiquette. Yes you can have only one
"extended partition" and the rest of the "logical partitions" reside "inside"
the extended partition. I didn't list the Linux swap. Swap partitions cannot
exceed 127MB, at least on Linux 2.2.14. True you can have multiple swaps but
not on the same disk. You would need a great many disks to get 2GB swap space.
I also like to put the most volatile file systems as far out on the disk as
possible (I'm a speed freak -on a budget).

Brian

On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Edgar Allen wrote:
> Brian Densmore writes:
> >
> >You don't need to partition a 30 GB harddrive (in Linux), but on my 18 GB I did
> >this: primary partition 1 = /boot first @ ~64 MB  (overkill)
> >primary partition 2 = FAT        @ ~2 GB
> >ext partition 5 = FAT              @ ~6 GB
> >ext partition 6 = /usr              @ ~3 GB
> >extended partition 7 = /var     @ ~2.3GB
> >ext. part. 8 = /tmp                  @ ~2.3 GB
> >ext part. 9 = /home                @ ~2GB
> >
> >so on a linux only you could substitute the two FAT partitions with one for 
> >/opt & /usr/src
> > 
> 
> Linux must get the entire boot image from within the first 1024 cylinders.
> Not a big problem on todays' disks.
> 
> So a 32MB /boot comes first.
> 
> Then swap for performance should be next. 128MB and up to 2048GB are OK.
> If you have multiple disks then a 128MB partition on each will act as a
> striped set, using a block from each in turn, to get even better performance.
> 
> You can have three primary, one extended, and twelve logical partitions
> on each disk.  The extended is a container for the logical partitions.
> 
> I prefer /home to be the third primary partition because you can then
> overwrite, possibly resizing, all the others without losing your users'
> preferences.
> 
> An install of the full RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, etc. takes about 2GB.
> 
> RedHat 7.0 and others to follow have the ftp, http, etc. server homes
> under /var so that might need to be large on a particular install, depends
> on how much Web and ftp serving you intend.
> 
> So the partition table might be:
> 
> /dev/hda1	/boot		32MB
> /dev/hda2	swap		512MB
> /dev/hda3	extended	10000MB
> /dev/hda4	/home		Rest of the disk
> /dev/hda5	/tmp		256MB
> /dev/hda6	/		1000MB
> /dev/hda7	/usr		2000MB
> /dev/hda8	/var		2000MB
> /dev/hda9	/opt		2000MB
> 
> Which leaves almost 3 gigs to add more, fiddle with, or adjust sizes of
> the logical partitions.
> 
> Of course it is your system, do what you think is best.  I just like
> upgrading the OS without needing to reconfigure all of my desktop too.
> 
> Consider creating seperate logins for KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker, etc.
> Then you can experiment with different setups without trashing what you
> already have.
> 
> With 30GB I might actually put 20GB into the extended partition to allow
> more playing around.  But I collect .mp3 files which I prefer not to lose
> or move around too much.