Linux Partitioning

[avatar_58]

Ok, I've used Linux before but I've never gotten comfortable with partitioning. I'm trying out Fedora Core 3 so I downloaded the x64 DVD and am ready to go.

How should I setup the partition for a 40gb max install? I know you need to make the swap equal to 2x your ram size (2048 in my case) but I'm not sure how to go about with /home, /usr, / and /var (if that many are even needed)


Any good suggestions? I would like a stable setup, but with most of the space dedicated to the home dir.

[ikkejw]

I think everyone has their own opinions on how to partition their hdd's. I think you should make the swap 1.5x your RAM (1.5GByte), the ./ 3-10Gigs and fill the rest up with ./home.

[avatar_58]

I'm just getting more and more confused the lonegr I look around for info.....everything contradicts itself... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

/swap (2048mb)
/home (15gb)
/ (15gb)
/boot (50mb)
/var (2gb)


Something like that? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif Very confusing...

[TerminX]

Lower the swap to about 512 megs. The 2x the RAM thing only really applies to systems lacking a good quantity of RAM. Everything else sounds about right.

[Kevin Wolff]

Heh....


/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0 (101MB)
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 (1GB)
/dev/hda6 / reiserfs defaults,noatime 1 1 (21GB)

That's it. I feel stupid.

[avatar_58]

/boot (102mb)
/ (30gb)
/home (15gb)
/swap (2048mb)
/var (2gb)


Thats the final setup I used http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Everything works, I just have a long task of setting things up. Fedora seems quite nice... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif