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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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<SNIP>: |
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> > |
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> > sda1 -> /boot = 50MB |
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> > sda2 -> swap (unsure whether I should dedicate 4GB to this. That's 5% |
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> > of my drive and I won't likely ever use all of 2GB or RAM.) |
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> > sda3 -> /var = 2GB |
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> > sda4 ==extended |
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> > sda5 -> / balance of Linux side, say 55GB |
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> > sda6 == Windows drive C: |
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> > |
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> > Any and all comments and ideas welcomed. |
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> Any particular reason to put windows at the end of the drive? This should |
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> however not be a problem, it you partition the space at the beginning of |
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> the disk *before* installing XP (eg, doing (c)fdisk from a livecd). |
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> On my laptop, I partitioned as follows: |
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> hda1 -> windows (23GB) |
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> hda2 -> extended |
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> hda5 -> /boot (50MB) |
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> hda6 -> swap (2GB) |
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> hda7 -> /home (45GB) |
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> hda8 -> / (remaining space, ~10GB) |
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> I don't need a separate /var. Do you have special requirements to keep it |
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> separated? |
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> On the other hand, I like to use a dedicated partition for /home. This is |
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> useful because you can share your home folder among different distros |
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> (in case you have more than one installed), and, more important, if you |
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> need you can wipe / and reinstall without touching /home (probably |
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> saving /etc and something else beforehand if you want...but still |
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> quicker than backing up several GB of data, which you are forced to do |
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> if you have /home on /). |
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Great inputs. I'm going to use a 10GB partition for /home, a 40GB |
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partition for data shared with XP, and a 1.3GB /var partition. My |
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reason for keeping /var on it's own is that I sometimes run into |
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programs that spew so much stuff into /var that they will fill up the |
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partition. If that happens then I cannot log into X until I clean it |
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up. It's just what I do. |
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I put in a 2GB swap partition. It's not 2x memory but I really think |
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it's unlikely that I'll need it. If I do then I'll size down the data |
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sharing partition which I'm putting at the end of the drive and put it |
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out there. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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