In article <JTHOMAS.92Dec28161410@navajo.nmsu.edu> James Thomas writes:
>I would like to be able to define the partition sizes. For example, a
>stock 48M swap partition may have been OK in the "old" days, but systems
>have more memory now. The 877 we got was ordered with 128M of memory (gee,
>somewhere between 3200 and 6400 times the memory in the 1620 I started on
>... :-) . It was set up with a 1106M primary swap space - not enough for a
>full dump, for example. Suppose I want 145M of primary swap? The choices
>are 106M, 128M, and 980M. Not very appropriate. What do I do when HP
>tells me they can't support the system because I can't give them a complete
>system dump ?? :-) :-)
Here, Here!
I am in the process of installing two 827's to run as servers offering various third party applications to administrative users. In both cases, I have found the predefined partitions *INAPPROPRIATE* to our needs, resulting in a suboptimal system, lots of fiddling and some level of frustration.
Dave
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