slowly Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I am downloading slackware at the moment, and wanted your advice regarding partition types/sizes. I have >6 gigs set aside for linux. (no printer, not connected to a network) \boot 100m \var 1g \temp 500m \swap 768m (256 * 3) \usr 1g \ 2g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
after fallout Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 on my old machine I had this setup and it worked very well, specs: RH9/winxp hda1 - 69gb fat32 winxp c: drive mounted in linux as /mnt/winc/ hda2 - 10gb ext3 mounted at / hda3 - 1gb swap (this was an 80gb 7200rpm western digital on an ata133 interface) hdb1 - 80gb fat32 winxp f: drive mounted as /mnt/storage/ (another 80gb wd) 768mb sdram 133mhz p3 866 via chipset 3dfx voodoo 5 5500 sound blaster audigy my new system is the same except: p4 3.0 ghz intel chipset (875p) ati 9800xt 1GB DDR 400 I will change the partition setup after kernel 2.6 comes out and works well on SATA because I plan on getting one of those new 120gb 10000rpm sata drives and putting another 3GB of ram in I needed all the swap to fix some problems with aome very large images that I was dealing with but after I install the next 3 gigs of ram I doubt I'll need any swap whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csabo2 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 just install xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 just install xp What an idiot. On my Linux box, I have 10 gigs for Slack. 32MB for /boot, 512MB for SWAP, and the remaining for the root partition. By the way, you don't need such a large Swap partition. 512 is just enough; remember the 2x rule (RAM x 2 = Swap). 2GB for /root however, is just fine. From the looks of it, I think your partition schema looks good. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colordeficiency Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I just click auto during installation. Fedora 1 here! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 What an idiot. On my Linux box, I have 10 gigs for Slack. 32MB for /boot, 512MB for SWAP, and the remaining for the root partition. By the way, you don't need such a large Swap partition. 512 is just enough; remember the 2x rule (RAM x 2 = Swap). 2GB for /root however, is just fine. From the looks of it, I think your partition schema looks good. (Y) Yep, although he might want to set some aside for home if he plans to use that heavily and doesn't have a large common partition to store stuff on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted December 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2003 I followed the recommendations in the Gentoo Install Guide when I did mine (though I later added another partition). I have: /dev/hda5 - /boot = 100MB /dev/hda6 - swap = 512MB /dev/hda7 - / = 10GB Then I later added this because I was running out of space on / (and most of the space was being taken up in my home dir from downloads, wine programs, and other miscellaneous stuff). /dev/hda8 - /home = 18GB If I was to do it all over, I'd probably split /dev/hda8 into 2 partitions (10 and 8) and mount the 10GB part at /usr and the 8GB part at /home and I'd leave the rest as above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 hda1 - /boot = 29MB hda2 - swap = 1GB hda3 - /usr = 33GB hda5 - /var = 3.8GB hda6 - /opt = 3.8GB hda7 - / = 17GB hdb1 - /home = 39GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRKx Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I don't use a very complex partitioning scheme. /boot - 64M /swap - 384M / - the rest. I don't even know how much space I've got for Gentoo ATM - it's more than I need though. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 You should at least have a separate /home partition. That way, if you want to try a different distro or reinstall, you can just reformat /, and all your personal files remain unchanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRKx Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I used to do that, but then it dawned on me one day... I don't keep anything in my home directory that would cause me to cry if I lost it. Right now my home directory has my various .resource files and my desktop configs. For years, I've actually kept all of my personal data on a cf card in /dev/sdb or /dev/hda2 (both Fat32) for ease of access in XP. ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 (edited) So it looks like we're throwing the word 'idiot' around a lot in this thread. OK. Here's a couple more. 1gb swap:wacko: swap = 1GB :wacko: \swap 768m (256 * 3:wacko: swap = 512MB :jump: So there is intelligent life in this forum Edited December 19, 2003 by El_Cu_Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperSnake Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Well when I installed RHL 9, I just used the auto option because the partitioning is a bit too tough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 /boot = 35mb /home = ${EVAL_REQUIRED_FILES_SPACE} // That being a certain percentage of the disk,. if 40 gb, i'll give 25 here. <swap> = 1.3 * ${RAM}; // Unless ram is >= 512mb i'll set it up to 700~ish. / = the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 So it looks like we're throwing the word 'idiot' around a lot in this thread. OK. Here's a couple more. Just a habit, Swap = RAM / 2. Can't remember the last time any of it got used though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Just a habit, Swap = RAM / 2. Can't remember the last time any of it got used though Even for those that still use large swap partitions most consider anything beyond 500 (or 512) to be a waste. One exception might be large applications such as computer-aided-design simulators, database-management products, transaction monitors, and geologic analysis systems can consume as much as 200-1000 Mbytes of swap space. I doubt any of you are running such apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_5care Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 hda1 (10gb) - windows xp (/wnxp) hda5 (20gb) - data (/data) hda6 (7.32gb) - linux (/) hda7 (675mb) - swap rs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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