On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:47:51PM -0500, Shane C Branch wrote: > 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. It really depends on what you're using your system for. If it's largely a mail and web server, you may want a very large /var. If it has lots of users doing development, a large /home may be in order. If you've got a small disk, you'll want to adjust things quite differently than if you've got a large disk. I don't like the Red Hat rule of thumb for memory - ie, 2xmemory size. This kinds of puts you in a bind if you ever upgrade your memory later, so just go with a GB to start and forget about it. With disks so big these days, the rules are changing. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
