1st time Suse user. Using 6.4. and yast text-based. This is going to be real newbie: The terminology re: partitions and slices gets a bit tough for me between MS, FreeBSD and Linux. 1.I want to have separate mnt pts. for /,/usr/var ect.., the default install makes one big root, a boot, and swap partition. For say a /, /var, /usr, swap is the procedure to make separate partitions before hand and make these partitons the size I want them to be? WHat I'm asking is: are the mount points for these file systems called "partitons" in the SUse terminology? Y or N? In that case I'll "partition-up" my disk as required. 2.Suse finds hdb1 as a partition. My HD is the only device on my primary ide cable - thought it would be hda1(?) 3. should I make a separate /boot partiton? Things seemed to work ok w/out it in the past, but it seems recommended. Why/why not? If I make /boot assume Suse install will "see it" and put appropiate files into it? Is it a good place for lilo? 4. what's the deal with a /opt partiton? Never heard of this before. Is it only for kde users? 5. heard a vague referece to: create a link /tmp -> var/tmp any advantages to this scheme? do I need a /tmp partition? I think it usually resides in /var. 6. so getting back to ques 1. I create separate partitions of the size I deem necessary for each file system I want a separate partition/mount pt. for. The I assume futher o0n in the yast program I'll get a change to cite the file systems I want per each aprtiton. right? Now the order cited in the "list" I'll of each file system is important(?). I want root, the swap what's the standard order? any links to example configs. appreciated Thanks
On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 04:36, lee wrote:
1st time Suse user. Using 6.4. and yast text-based. This is going to be real newbie:
Hi Lee,
1.I want to have separate mnt pts. for /,/usr/var ect.., the default install makes one big root, a boot, and swap partition.
The default is 'enough' - you can do as you like it. The only thing I would consider is having /home seperated from the big root, it allows you to do an 'update' the following way: Do a clean install on the other partitions and don't touch /home. If /home is on / (root), you can not do a clean install of a newer SuSE version w/o losing your data, since / (root) will be written newly. If /home is on / (root), you can only do real updates, which are (mostly) more complicated than clean installs.
2.Suse finds hdb1 as a partition. My HD is the only device on my primary ide cable - thought it would be hda1(?)
This depends on the jumpers ... hda is primary master, hdb is primary slave. Your disk seems to be slave
3. should I make a separate /boot partiton? Things seemed to work ok w/out it in the past, but it seems recommended. Why/why not? If I make /boot assume Suse install will "see it" and put appropiate files into it? Is it a good place for lilo?
I have a separate /boot partition with ext2 and the big / (root) is reiser; it was always recommended to have it that way, and since it worked w/o any problems all the time that way ... NCARS LILO lives in the MBR on my box.
4. what's the deal with a /opt partiton? Never heard of this before. Is it only for kde users?
/opt contains kde and gnome, staroffice, and so on. It needn't have a special partition but can live inside / (root) - any way you can do as you like, this is linux :-) Another suggestion, maybe you should try to get a newer version of SuSE before installing. They e.g. contain YaST2 and other stuff making life far easier ... I remember the 6.2 and 6.4 were really complicated to set up compared to the almost absolutely fools-proof versions 7.2 and later. It took me days (ok, being a complete newbie at that time) to get x running on 6.2 - now you won't even notice that there is something behind it since YaST2 / sax2 will do pretty everyting for you.
Thanks
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