partitions

[JB]

Thanks for the info Richard.
The auto partitioning wanted to just squeeze the swap
partition on the first drive with everything else.
I put a good amount of stress to invoke my swap while
I was watching the system monitor and it handles ram
and swap very well. I think I'm going to leave the
partitions like I have them and see where it takes me.

Hopefully I'll be able to attend the next meeting. I
think it is next Sunday at 1pm?
Thanks again,
John

--- Richard Hubbard <rhubby at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Basically, it depends :-)
> For home use, if you aren't planning to do some
> really
> heavy data work, you can probably mount everything
> but
> your swap partition under /.  
> 
> The only problem with this is if you run out of room
> on your hd.  You could have serious issues regarding
> your computer working (same thing happens with all
> os's.  When they run out of room for basic things on
> the hd, they die.
> 
> To avoid this, you might follow this strategy:
> /boot looks ok (you may be able to get away with
> less,
> boot is used for holding the kernel.
> keep / rather small.  Maybe 500mb - 1gb.  Here is
> the
> real trick.  Mount the directories that can tend to
> get huge on their own partition.  These directories
> include /usr (usually big programs get put there.
> /opt, when you install programs from outside
> vendors,
> they usually like to go there. /home, because of all
> the user files that may be stored in your home
> directories, and /var, because this seems to be a
> catch all ('were are we puttin' this 600G log file,
> Vern? 'Jus put it in the /var directory, Jake')
> 
> Of course, the automatic partitioning schemes that
> Red
> Hat and Mandrake have come up with aren't too bad.
> You
> might want to give those a shot, just to see what
> they
> make.
> 
> --- JB <mesimpleton at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm currently on a win98 box but I am setting up a
> > second computer with RH9. I had it set up as dual
> > boot
> > win98/RH9 and it was OK except that it had
> Microsoft
> > cooties. I decided I would rather have a RH9 only
> > box,
> > and back to back network it to my win 98 box.
> > I'm wondering if there is any advantage to dual
> > booting if I have a win98 computer and a RH9
> > computer
> > in a network? (dual computers vs dual boot)
> > The RH9 box, I'm setting up has 2 HD's, a 10 gig
> and
> > a
> > 30 gig.
> > My partitions are set as follows.
> > hda1 is set as (/boot) with 94 M.
> > hda2 is set as a storage area (/gig8) with 8+ G.
> > hda3 is set as a 1.5 G (swap).
> > hdb1 is (/) with 30 G.
> > I am wondering if this is a good partitioning
> > strategy?
> > I put the swap on the first drive so it could be
> > accessed while the / drive was being accessed. I'm
> > more or less wondering if I should be making more
> > mount points. I read it is easier to backup with
> > dump
> > if there are separate partitions such as /usr,
> /home
> > and the like. I just completed the install on that
> > computer so a re-do wouldn't be a problem. Any
> > opinions/suggestions/tips would be appreciated.
> > 
> 
> 
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