*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/6/2003 at 8:40 PM Ed Wilts wrote: >On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:21:22PM -0500, Shane C Branch wrote: >> Are there any 'rules of thumb' to follow when partitioning a disk for >linux? In >> the past, I have always partitioned my disk by defining mount points for >/, >> /boot, /opt, /var /usr, /usr/local, /tmp and /home separately. I would >define >> swap space at 2x physical RAM. However, I always guessed at the sizes >for each >> partition, except for /home, for which I would set the 'grow to fill >disk' >> option. > >The rules of thumb are (or used to be) in the installation manual... >Obviously if you take all the defaults for partitioning during install, >you'll get Red Hat's "rules of thumb". > >-- >Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA >mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org >Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program Thanks. I did read the manual on this, but I didn't find it particularly useful, except for the recommended sizes for /, and /boot. I was already following the swap suggestion. When I first started playing with linux I was told that setting partitions manually was better than letting the installer do it, but I was never clear on exactly why that was supposed to be true. regards, shane. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
