On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 19:31, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Saturday 14 June 2003 13:20 pm, 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.
-- Daly (daly.gutierrez@cox.net)
1) Keep it simple. Others will tell you to divide things into /var /usr /home /etccccccc
It depends on what type of installation it is. On a server, having a separate /var can make a lot of sense. I don't think I've ever seen a separate /etc though
2) Don't let the install use up all your space!
3) I usually make a:
/boot 23m /home 2G (in your case you might want 3G) / 6G (is plenty) /swap 1G (is plenty)
That's all I would do...
You would use 10GB out of 120, leaving 110 wasted, simply so you can install 8.3 when it comes out? Tell me, do you do anything with your machine besides installing OSes? :) The default as of 8.1 is swap and /. I would recommend going with that. A good chunk of swap, and the rest for the root partition.
(fresh install... don't ever upgrade if you can help it.)
Why on earth not?