Hi All,
How many partitions should we have to install Linux on any system? & what should be their size if we have 4GB of disk space & installation packages take around 2.5GB to install.
Swap, I know, double the ram.(127MB in most cases)
On the RHL 7.1 CD , in the installation strategies how-to, I read that we can install linux with min. 3 partitions. They are, /boot, /swap & /(root). But this way I found the system is slow
Don't ask me to read how-tos. I want to discusses this point with you as I found variation in the suggestion in various ppls. Some says your / partition should be the largest on the other hand some says /usr partition should be large, as the installed S/W get installed on this partition One of my friend told me that your /boot partition should be the largest partition. I know he is wrong, as some of our friends told me that around 10 to 20 MB are enough for /boot. During the installation, once linux dispelled a message that, your /(root) partition should not be less than 250MB. But then what about other partitions, like /home, /var, /dev /tmp & other. What they are used for? One more....... & in which order they should be mounted? which is the 1st & which one is last?
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