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partitions required and their sizes??
Soon I will install Fedora Core 4 onto a Dell P3 with 512MB of RAM. The 10GB hard disk will be empty (bye-bye Windows!).
This is a home/business system used primarily for internet (browsing and email) as well as light word processing/spreadsheets/databases/music.
But it will have multiple users.
I am not an applications fiend, so they will not be numerous; primarily will use Firefox, Open Office and Opera.
Might try to install WINE so I can stop using a separate Win box for MYOB (accounting software).
I have read several sources, including the HOWTO, advising several partitions be set up.
However there are variations in advice I would like to clarify:
One of the sources advised /tmp have a separate partition.
Is a separate partition for /tmp necessary and, if so, why?
One of the sources advised /data have a separate partition.
Is a separate partition for /data necessary and, if so, why?
I thought /data is just user data. Couldn't user data just be in /home? Or would one separate /data out so /home is data accessible to a single and /data is data meant to be accessible to all?
Based upon 'common' advice, the partitions I intend to set up are
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/boot
/home
/usr
/usr/local
/var and
swap.
What is the recommended size of these partitions (and /var or /data, if appropriate)?
Thanks.
By the way, I am in Sydney, Oz and wouldn't mind someone I could phone for quick install questions.
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