Re: [Staffslug] Quick Partition Question..
More top posting!
Why FAT 32? use one of the newer formats, they're faster. And any
modern OS can read the NTFS partition.
I normally have 5GB /root 2 swap and the rest /home.
But bear in mind that I don't know much!! (as DT will be quick to tell you)
Stuart
On 22/03/07, Carl Struyk <carl(a)struyk.co.uk> wrote:
Can the FAT32 partition actually be used for /home? and if so,
would
installing a new distro reformat that partition as part of the install
process? Would my data be safe?
On 3/22/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> True...but i tend to do so as i find it a more secure method.....if
anything goes wrong...
>
>
>
> On 22/03/07, Matthew Wellings <Matt(a)openforeveryone.co.uk > wrote:
> > You don't have to have your '/home' as a separate partition. This
may
well
> > prove far more flexable for you.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> > On Thursday 22 March 2007 18:17, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > You can get distributions that calculate all the partitions for you.
> > > Distributions like SuSE and Fedora both do that, as does Ubuntu/
Kubuntu...
> > > But the current layout seems good, but only for a fairly small
> > > distribution...because my main linux distro now has over 10gigs of
things
> > > in the / partition....
> > >
> > > It entirely depends on how you want to use your machine, and what
for...
> > >
> > > On 22/03/07, Carl Struyk <carl(a)struyk.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > Hi guys - I have a 40GB HDD on my HP TC1100 slate PC and wanted to
> > > > install Linux as as I'm sick of fiddling with Live CD's - I
flit
between
> > > > 10 of them and never stick any of them out.
> > > > I need to leave 15GB for Windows and wanted to divvy up the
remaining
> > > > 25GB. I have 512MB RAM so the swap is going to be 1024MB
> > > >
> > > > Would I be OK doing 15GB for the FAT32 shared partition, 1GB for
swap,
> > > > 4GB for /, 5GB for /home.
> > > >
> > > > I intend to put Gentoo on there to use and understand the (in)
famous
> > > > package manager which I've heard is top class.
> > > >
> > > > Carl
> > > >
> > > > On 3/22/07, Dick Turpin < highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > On 22/03/07, Alan Pope <alan(a)popey.com> wrote:
> > > > > > You can joke... I had to for a kernel bug that wasn't
logged
> > > > >
> > > > > anywhere.. and
> > > > >
> > > > > > another issue with my dell laptop where the screen
corrupted due
to
> > > > >
> > > > > hardware
> > > > >
> > > > > > failure..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/kernelbug
> > > > > >
http://gallery.popey.com/gallery/DellInspironXPSGen2Problem
> > > > >
> > > > > Been there got the tee shirt, my favorite though (Done it here
loads
> > > > > of times) is having to use Linux to fix/access a Windows box
> > > > >
> > > > > Now that is funny
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Dick Turpin
> > > > > "At theses prices I'm mugging myself!"
> > > > >
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