[SOLVED] FC3

testguyct · 03-14-2005, 01:27 PM

I am installing FC3 on a 120GB hard disk. Can anyone give advice on what partitions and partition sizes to configure ? I plan to use this Linux box as a learning tool, and I will be doing a full install ...

Thanks,

-testguyct

Technoslave · 03-14-2005, 01:39 PM

*shrug* 10 - 20 GB for /var, 1.5*RAM for Swap, rest in /

WhatsHisName · 03-14-2005, 07:27 PM

testguyct: Why use the entire disk?

If what you are planning is a learning experience, then you could install everything (i.e., meaning only have “/”) into a single 20-30GB partition plus a 500MB swap partition and have room left on the disk to try other installations. As a reference, I recently did a full FC3 install (“everything”) and I think it took less than 10GB of used space.

You can have more than one flavor of linux or even multiple installations of the same flavor on the disk and use them all by adding the appropriate information to /boot/grub/grub.conf.

Other options include splitting off /home (for lots of user files) and/or /var (for lots of Apache-hosted web pages). The main reason you would split something off is so that you could use it with a different installation/flavor, reuse it for a reinstallation or keep it near the beginning or end of the disk (for access speed reasons).

For instance, some people use /home with different linux flavors, so that you can “take your files with you” when you move from one flavor to another. Or, with your user files in /home, if you mess something up so badly that you must reinstall FC3, then you can leave /home intact and reattach it to the reinstallation by adding it to /etc/fstab.

With all the space, why not play a little?

mjmwired · 03-22-2005, 06:55 PM

This is my opinion:

3 10 GB primary partitions (/, /1, /2 ... or similar)
1 1GB Swap partition (more if you have lots of RAM)
the remaining in /home

What I would do is I install different Linux distributions on each of those Primary partitions. I can have 3 with this config, in reality I could have more. Anything I want to save I keep in /home and I can create different usernames in each distro so I don't trash anything. All for "learning" if you want.

Works flawlessly.