[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Okay I don'w want to start a war, but I am somewhat confused over the
> best partition plan to a new install on a large capacity laptop. I am
> thinking something along the line of a small boot partition but then
> how an perhaps why should I partition the remaining 6-7 GB that will
> be available after I minify the Win98 partition for the one
> application I use (Visual FoxPro - but not for long when I get up to
> speed on OMNIS's new RAD and after I settle on a RBMS but that is
> another story).
> Should I make it just one large partition under "/" or should I
> separate "/etc", '/usr" "/sbin" etc.?
> All help appreciated. I do not intend this to turn into a flame war
> just a two or three different partition ideas will give me enough
> information.
Bob, Having had a few years experience with the Linux beastie, I've
learned that the most successful installation pattern over time is
the simplest. I tend to prefer, and recommend a three partition
setup, with "/", "/home", and a swap partition. It's simple, easy to
work with, and can be modified in the future (based on experience)
without loosing any of your own work. The separate /home partition
gives you a place to back up configuration files and other important
things you want to preserve from reinstalls. If experience then
says you need to do a reinstall, just note the /home partition and
DON'T reformat it during the install; the data on it will be preserved.
best
rickf
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