80gb partitions

alaios · 04-16-2004, 05:02 PM

Hi there i have just bought a 80gb hard disk...
I am going to install
fedora
debian
bsd and
blfs
i also want a partition free for backups.
Do u know how many partitions can i create for my distros?

Mara · 04-16-2004, 05:24 PM

There's a limit, but it's high. I've got 12 partitions, your scheme will be probably similar.

michaelk · 04-16-2004, 06:09 PM

I believe the limit for an IDE drive is 64 partitions. The most I've had on one PC is also 12.

alaios · 04-17-2004, 03:24 AM

Let me ask something else .......
Is it possible to create a partition for the home directory....ina such way so it is visible and usable from all the distros?
I think that's a good way for keeping your data across formats

Mara · 04-17-2004, 07:05 PM

Yes, it is. You just create a partition and mount it as /home in all the distros. One warning: you need to make sure that your user in all the distros has the same number and group number (or have the same /etc, but that's less convenient in most cases).

alaios · 04-18-2004, 02:39 AM

What do u mean the same /etc??

Mara · 04-18-2004, 04:51 PM

One /etc partition for all distros. It's possible, but is not recommended (it's easy to mess with your system that way). Keeping user ids in sync is easier.