On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, Sam Carleton wrote:
How would YOU partition the 10 Gig hard drive? Why?
hda1 8 /boot # LILO limitation; /boot must be under the 1024th cyl. hda2 128 /swap # Habit. More is okay, but not necessarily a good idea. hda3 256 /home # Do you need more? Add it. hda4 / # Ease of use. Setting partition sizes for the rest is clumsy If you feel like setting /var, /usr, or whatever aside, choose wisely. Set /dev/hda4 as an extended partition and make the others inside it (hda5, hda6 and so on). IMHO, for a non-trivial system, one big / partition allows for a more dynamic file system.
How do I make a boot floppy with SCSI support which I can use to backup the box?
This is complicated. Have a look at the `Backing up DOS with Linux HOWTO' at http://www.linuxdoc.org.
The Bootable HD -------------------------- Considering I am going to be repartitioning and then formating the hard drive, I am going to need to make Linux bootable after I restore everything...
Using the bootdisk that YaST made (system administration, kernel/boot configuration, boot disk), reboot the system and call `lilo' or use YaST to rebuild /etc/lilo.conf and run it from there. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/