If I make a /usr/local partition, how large should it be, based on the previous info on my 8 GB hard drive? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "linux - speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:24 PM Subject: Re: partitioning Well, I think the swap partition is a bit large, but it never hurts. You shouldn't need to configure any partitions as FAT or VFAT unless you just want to. I wouldn't do so since you lose a lot of functionallity with a FAT partition. One thing you can do while partitioning which isn't well explained is to select an existing partition and instruct the installer not to erase it. You can then specify a mount point for it and have it mount at bootup. You can do this later after you've installed the OS by manually editing /etc/fstab, but that's a little harder. When you say "/root," do you mean your root partition? This is called "/" and not "/root." This is important! You may also consider a /usr/local partition as this is where software you install yourself goes by convention. You don't need to do this, but it might be handy if you have to reinstall. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
