Re: partitioning HD for server

2010-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx wrote: > Louis Hinman wrote: > > To learn Liunx networking, I am going to set up a web server > > Well, a web server is just a component and it does I should finish my thoughts before sending. Sigh. Well, a web server is just a component and it by itself really isn't enough to learn

Re: partitioning HD for server

2010-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Louis Hinman wrote: > To learn Liunx networking, I am going to set up a web server Well, a web server is just a component and it does > To this end, I am installing Debian 5.0 on a Dell Dimension 4100 > with a 250 MB HD. 250 Megabyte? Or 250 Gigabyte? A small installation will easily fit with

Re: partitioning HD for server

2010-08-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201008141400.06004.sl...@rcn.com>, Louis Hinman wrote: >On my desktop, I have partitioned my HD as follows: > >/root You mean '/' right? '/' is the root of the unified UNIX/Linux directory tree for a single system. '/root' is a directory (not usually a separate file system) that is normall