Hiya guys,

having problems trying to understand what is meant by swapping and mount point?trust me , i know nuts about Linux.....slow me =(

I know that swapping means moving bits and data required by the CPU to and fro from the Virtual memory and Mount points are points which programs mount onto each other?

Damn confused now about this isuue...can anyone of you please kindly explain a bit of this to me. It would be greatly appreciated. +) thanks !

As well as a techincal questions. My Company PCs are windows-based(it sucks !) and i am trying to get a Linux server. The problem is , I have a standalone PC which i want to use as a Linux server to support 120 users. I have 2 40GB HDD and what type of partitioning scheme should i use? as in mount point or swap?? or both?? (CONFUSED again...)





I understand that Linux has many partitions(compared to Windows FAT32) and how much should i set the size for which partition?
/bin
/etc
/lib
/tmp
/usr/bin
/usr/man
/usr/local
/home

These are directory but does it means that they are seperate partitions too>?


I know this is very basic quesitons to you guys out there.. And i sincerely(touch my heart) need some help and explanation here..Will appreciate it very much(truly) if i can get some answers from your experts...Thank You

Yours Sincerely and Truly
Lionel (a Window User trying so hard to understand and change to Linux)
lionelx83@hotmail.com

swap space is just like ram, but for your hard drive.

moint points are just where certain directories go on certain partitions. an example is "/". a minimal partition scheme would have both a swap and / partition. more elaborate schemes would involve a lot more mount points.

i would recommend a specific partition scheme to you but i'm not quite sure what you'll be doing with this linux box so you should first read this article: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/

by the way, don't triple-post. just for future reference...

Correct. It's a space on your hard drive that data is written to and read from just like memory (well not just like), but slower. The recommend size is 1.5 x's the size of your RAM.

Linux can have many partitions if you want it to. It's possible to only have a / and swap partition, but if you're using it as a server for that many people it would be wise to make a couple partitions for certain directories. How much size for each one i don't know. I have no idea what your users are storing on it or how you even want that part set up.

They are directories and no they are not separate partitions; only if you make them. If you want partitions for each dir you have to create them with a tool called cfdisk.

If you are going to use it for a server i'd recommend reiserfs. It's a very stable journalized file system. A new version was just released.

lionelx; please try not to post same question in different threads or post headings. doing this will not give you forth-coming answers with speed. it will
cause responders to become angered or confusing, because it will be misleading. this may help go to this site,
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX
and open(expand) each section pertaining to what your attempting to understand and know howto do. with-in this site Table of Contents has title headings 1--- 12 , Introduction-- Installation,Partition/Booting etc. PLEASE
Expand each Section ffor detailed step by step Information. if possible print(hardcopy) for future reference needs.

Sorry about the repeative threads.......fairly new to forum and to Linux....Hey read all ur replys and have deepened my understand a lot...thanks a lot people for your help...

Touched deep down in the heart....
Its people like you all that makes the internet a better place....

Once again Sincerely..
Thank You

Truly Yours
Lionel

Good Day Folks !

Sorry about the repeatition as i am fairly new to Forums and Linux(my god, where was i in the last 5 years? staying in the musuem playing with the morse code machine?!?!?)

Anyway thanks for all your replies ...Had understand quite a bit from all your replies and it had deepen my knowledge about Linux....deeply appreciated it*touch my heart*

Its people like you guys that make the internet such a great place to be in ...thanks a lot again so much....


Sincerely From Singapore,
Lionel Wong

lionelx; Welcome to LQ & linux!
apology accepted graciouly.
as stated prior, read any & everything on linux as much as possible. even that site given, the howto,s lots of valuable information in it. there is another to help
with hardware compatibility; http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html
advice if choice of hardware not listed,
then by almeans enter that hardware in to data base so that team developers,
compilers & programmers work said hardware into system for all of us knowingly ware it will work with any linux os. Thank You & welcome again!

closing, the other is here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=235643