From: paulm@waitrose.com
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:43:04 +0000
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Subject: disk partitioning
I'm just in the process of installing SuSE 6.4 on one of my machines. This
machine already has two other operating systems (Win95 and OS/2). I have a
reasonable amount of disk space for SuSE (around 8 GB), but the available
disk space within the first 1024 cylinders is limited (less than 2 GB). As
a result, I wanted to partition the drive to leave a relatively small
partition below the 1024 limit, and split the rest of the system onto
partitions further up on the disk.
Can someone suggest a set of suitable mount points? I tried using one
partition set as /, and another set as /usr, but this isn't a wonderful
split - I've ended up with less than 100 mb on the / partition, but close
to 1.6 gb on the /usr partition.
What I'm not sure of is whether I should make more than 2 partitions, or
whether there is a better split than the one I've tried. Any suggestions
welcome...
paul.
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paulm@waitrose.com
Paul Marwick - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK
Marwick Computer Services - OS/2, LAN & general computer consultants
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