Partitions in Mandrake 10.1

ioriamd · 02-08-2005, 06:58 AM

how many partitions should i make in mandrake 10.1?
and how big ?
i got 17gb for installing mandrake..
thanks for helpin

s34n · 02-08-2005, 07:15 AM

How are you going to be using the computer?
I.E. Webserver, gaming box, office workstation, multimedia box?

reddazz · 02-08-2005, 08:57 AM

The minimum is usually seperate / (root partition), /home and swap.

ioriamd · 02-08-2005, 09:48 AM

i just want to try it..
mnaybe will use it for surfing internet.. multimedia and downloading from internet...
how many partitions should i make and how big each one..
from what i read.. refering from mandrake 10,
we make a lot of partitions like
/root
swap
/usr
/var
/home
/tmp

should i put all of this in my hard disk?
and how big each one

Padma · 02-08-2005, 10:02 AM

If you just want to try it, I would use the standard/default:

/ = about 5GB
swap = double your RAM, up to 1M
/home = Everything left.

ioriamd · 02-13-2005, 12:22 AM

thanx padma
u really help

ioriamd · 02-13-2005, 09:01 AM

thanx everyone
already done installing mandrake

samael26 · 02-13-2005, 09:19 AM

Best of luck with your install. Mandrake usually takes care of everything !
It's good for us beginners

Cheers

Padma · 02-13-2005, 09:27 PM

Glad you're installed.

Have fun with your new, state-of-the-art system.