[TriLUG] partitioning advice

[rpjday]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Peter Long wrote:

> To all linux gurus:
> 
> What is the best way to partition your harddrive space so that it is
> easier to manage upgrades? I am installing RH7.2 and I chose its
> autopartion option. It created a 49MB /boot partition, a swap partition
> and then just made everything else the / (root) partition. I was
> expecting it to make a /home partition or a separate /usr partition. I
> did choose a "Custom" install, maybe it behaves differently if you
> choose "Workstation" or "Server".

if you choose to use the GRUB loader, there is no need to create a
separate /boot partition as was recommended with LILO.  a good choice
of partitions to start with is /, /usr, /home, /var and /tmp.

rday

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Robert P. J. Day
Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC
Unix, Linux and Open Source corporate training