On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 01:06:29AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i'm installing debian on a brand-new new hard drive on my home system > (i.e., personal usage), and am at the point of making a swap > partition. cfdisk is up, and i'm trying to figure out what partitions > i should specify. i'm reading the the woody installation how-tos [1], > and am kind of confused. > > i just bought a new 80G hard drive. i should partition the whole > thing, right? i'm thinking: > > /dev/hda1 -- / (Linux (83)) -- 100M (is this appropriate?) > /dev/hda2 -- /usr (83) -- 1G (too much?) > /dev/hda3 -- swap (82) -- 128M (i have that much physical RAM, and > that should be sufficient, right?) should i make this > hda1? > /dev/hda3 -- /var -- 2 or 3 G, as per suggestion of [1] (i like apt) > /dev/hda4 -- /tmp -- 50M-ish? > /dev/hda5 -- /home -- the rest, all for me :) > > have i correctly extracted that these are the partitions i'll need? > does the above sound good? i'm assuming i can designate them all > later on in the installation process, after i've actually created > them. > > there can only be 3 primary partitions if i want a logical one too, if > i've read correctly ... so, do i make the first three primary, and the > rest logical? or is there a better method to going about it? it > doesn't really matter, does it? > > or, should i forget all of the above, and just go with / and swap? > that seems easier, but are there drawbacks? >
// hi, hmm...partitioning? ...definitely a matter of taste. i used to go with "/ & swap," but i'd get a "kernel panic" every few months that would require a re-install. (i'm not good at "kernel panic" re-covery; although, yesterday, i was successful, for the 1st time, by putting in a boot disk, re-partitioning the beast, and rebooting. ...plz don't ask how it worked...probably a fluke.) during the re-installs, the thing that would slow me down the most was get- ting back my "special" files -- tweeked config files, "must-have" back-ground images, etc. my backups of these files may not be convenient. i have multiple linux boxen which require different set- tings, also. so, i partition "/ (hda2) & swap," and also a 3 gig partition (as a "holding bin" for things i'd normally lose in a re-install). now, if i crash, i re- load on hda2, mount the "extra" parti- tion, copy over my "special" files and i'm back in business. obviously, this only works if the hard drive isn't toast. (yes, i should have a better backups, but until then....) others like the "lots-a-slices" approach to partitioning. but for my needs, i can get by without that. and for swap, i go with 1 gig, even with a 10 gig hard drive. "thrash" protection. (i've hit webpages that keep spanwing, so i need "insurance" to get things under control before it's too late, i think.) again, it's a matter of taste. good luck with the 80 gig hd. debs, thx & happy new year! b. // > also, it's been said that i should use ext3, not ext2. partition > types 82 and 83 are ext2, no? am i confused on that? (obviously) > how/when should i change this? > > thanks so much, > > </nori> > > [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-init-config.en.html > http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-partitioning.en.html#s4.4 > > -- > .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu > /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ > // \\ @ maenad.net > /( )\ www.maenad.net > ^`~'^ > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
