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- From: probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: A few problems
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 23:17:50 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- chris@cosmo.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk (Chris Payne) writes:
-
- >Hello Linux users..
-
- >I have been reading this group for a while now and have decided to try
- >Linux out. Having read the FAQs and all the other information I can find I
- >still have a few questions before installing on my hard disk (the floppy
- >version works fine):
-
- >1. When partitioning the hard disk I gather that you should make a 'few'
- > partitions for Linux. A root, swap and user I recall. How big should
- > these be? Is a swap file as good as a swap partition? Why have a 'user'
- > partition?
-
- >Chris.
-
- I would recomend at least three partitions if not more depending on the
- work you plan on doing. That way if one gets corrupted or something
- you aren't hosed.
-
- I have a root partition and a /usr partition and then
- mount my dos partition onto /usr/dos. I also have a 16meg swap partition.
-
- I would say use a swap partition over a swap file just for the fact that it
- is faster and a bit more reliable. I would use a least as much swap as you
- have memeory. This is so if the kernal ever develops to the point where
- a panic would dump core onto swap you will need at least that much room to
- store it.
-
- James
-