Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-17 Thread Michelle Coelho
Oh..so then using the md driver is the only choice if I split /usr? Michelle Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 On Sun, 16 May 1999, Rob wrote: > > ~> This is how I plan to partitiion th

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-17 Thread Michelle Coelho
Yes, thanks..Someone suggested using the md driver. I guess either alternative will work, huh? Michelle Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742 On Sun, 16 May 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: > ~>

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-16 Thread Carl Greco
> Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 21:41:21 +1000 > From: Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > > ~> This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: > > ~> /hda1 40MB > > ~> swap hda2 8MB > > ~> /usr hda3

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-16 Thread Rob
> ~> This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: > ~> /hda1 40MB > ~> swap hda2 8MB > ~> /usr hda3 68MB > ~> swap hdb1 8MB > ~> /usr hdb2 250MB > ~> > ~> where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. > ~> Will the above

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-16 Thread J Horacio MG
~> This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: ~> /hda1 40MB ~> swap hda2 8MB ~> /usr hda3 68MB ~> swap hdb1 8MB ~> /usr hdb2 250MB ~> ~> where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. ~> Will the above configuration work

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-16 Thread Illo de' Illis
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 06:26:02PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: > Thank you for the prompt replies. > I'll try what you said and I think it will work. I decided to split the > swap among the disks because the Howto on Partitonioning a Hard Disk > suggested this. > I guess since I'll be the o

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-16 Thread Kristian Koehntopp
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 05:33:01PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: > This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: > /hda1 40MB > swap hda2 8MB > /usr hda3 68MB > swap hdb1 8MB > /usr hdb2 250MB You can split the swap and it is

Re[2]: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-16 Thread Bob Bernstein
Michelle Maria Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess since I'll be the only user, I needn't have a /home partition. A '/home' _directory_ will be created for you, and you should use it, just to get out of the habit of always logging in as root. Since your email address at school is [EMAIL

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-15 Thread Michelle Maria Coelho
Thank you for the prompt replies. I'll try what you said and I think it will work. I decided to split the swap among the disks because the Howto on Partitonioning a Hard Disk suggested this. I guess since I'll be the only user, I needn't have a /home partition. Are any other partitions besides / a

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-15 Thread William Park
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 05:33:01PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: ... > This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: > /hda1 40MB > swap hda2 8MB > /usr hda3 68MB > swap hdb1 8MB > /usr hdb2 250MB > > where hda is the 116

Re: Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 05:33:01PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: > Hi, > I read your FAQ and so I was wondering if you (or anyone elae out > there) could help me: > I have 2 disks: > 1) 116 MB 8 heads, 762 cylinders, 39 sectors per track > 2) 258MB 14 heads, 944 cylinders, 40 sectors per

Partitioning hard disk

1999-05-15 Thread Michelle Maria Coelho
Hi, I read your FAQ and so I was wondering if you (or anyone elae out there) could help me: I have 2 disks: 1) 116 MB 8 heads, 762 cylinders, 39 sectors per track 2) 258MB 14 heads, 944 cylinders, 40 sectors per track 16MB of RAM Debian Linux version 2 is the only operating system I plan to in