Disk Druid Partitioning

n.antonio · 04-24-2003, 03:05 AM

Right now, I am trying to install RHL 8.0.

I just have some few questions regarding manual partitioning of the hdd using Disk Druid. There is an option there whether to choose ext2 or ext3 for filesystem, and I am thinking what to choose between the two. Also when specifying the size for a defined partition, there is a check box there :

Fill maximum size of (MB):1_____ and : Fill all available space:

Which are needed for me to check among the two?

slakmagik · 04-24-2003, 07:09 AM

ext2 is supposed to be faster than ext3, but ext3 is a lot better about keeping your data safe. So speed or safety, I guess - and it ain't much speed and it's quite a bit of safety.

As far as the space, it boils down to whether you want to give up all your free space to Linux or not. If not, define how many megs/gigs you want to use - if so, go ahead and let it take it all.

(Can't believe no one's answered this yet.)

n.antonio · 04-27-2003, 07:47 PM

Thanks for this one