Re: [Staffslug] Quick Partition Question..

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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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!" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Staffslug mailing list > > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > > > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > -- Regards, Kris Douglas - Softdel Limited Web: www.softdel.net Mail: kris(a)softdel.net _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug