Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3729 mails)

[Daly Gutierrez <daly.gutierrez@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 14 June 2003 11:23, Jon Clausen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:20:01AM -0700, Daly Gutierrez wrote:
> > Hi, friends.
> >
> > I plan to install SuSE Linux on a new hard drive today.  It is a Western
> > Digital, 120 GB, 7200 RPM, 8 MB Cache drive (I hope it's compatible).  My
> > question is this: Is there a better way to partition this big drive,
> > other than what will be recommended during the installation?  I believe
> > the default is a boot partition, a swap partition, and the rest for root.
> >  Thanks in advance.  I hope for a prompt response, as I'm anxious to
> > begin using SuSE Linux.
>
> I'd certainly recommend making /home.
>
> Bruce and Anders make good points. But in any case having /home is just a
> Good Thing.
>
> Whether you decide to leave space for parallel installs of 8.3/9.0/other
> distro or whatever, having your data in /home will save you the trouble of
> having to move everything off the system, if (or when) you decide to change
> your partition layout, at a later stage.
>
> The downside being that kde (f.x.) stores your settings in a directory in
> your home. Which means that you could see some strangeness if you some day
> have 8.2/kde3.1 *and* 8.3/kde3.2 accessing the same files in ~/.kde/
>
> What's that quote? "For the homeless, the journey is endless"? ;)
>
> HTH
> Jon Clausen
>
> --
> If we can't be free, at least we can be cheap!

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My sincere thanks to all for your input.  You have all, definitely, pointed me 
in the right direction.  This list is indeed an excellent source of 
information.  Wish me luck on my installation.. ;)

-- Daly