From: probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) Subject: Re: A few problems Date: 17 Nov 1992 23:17:50 -0600
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