Quoting Kevin Stokes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I wanted to have three partitions on my D: drive for Linux. One was > going to be for the root only, which I alloted 65mb for. Another 1150mb > partition was for /usr, /var and everything else. Lastly was another 65mb > partition for swap.
If you can manage it, it would be a good idea to have four partitions rather than three. Two (/ and swap) would be good too, but you don't gain a lot with three. To get root small (65MB is fine), you need to kick out /usr, /var, /tmp and /home. With four, you can separate /usr and make it readonly. Then the other three can share. One way of sharing is, at the installation stage, Initialise a linux partition for / Initialise a linux partition for /usr Initialise a linux partition for /foo where foo is any short name. Now switch to VC2 (Alt-F2) and cd /target/foo mkdir /target/foo/var mkdir /target/foo/tmp mkdir /target/foo/home cd /target ln -s foo/var var ln -s foo/tmp tmp ln -s foo/home home Now switch back to VC1 and Install OS Kernel and Modules. But while you're getting started, you might want to stick with only two. By the time you decide you need more partitions, you'll have the experience to decide just what size you ought to make them (different for everybody). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
