----- Original Message ----- From: Sameer Shinde Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Mount points
During the installation I found following options in mount point: why r they needed? How much space should one assign for each of them during the installation? When you do the installation, where does the packages get installed ( i.e. in which mount point \ directory)
the different mount points are basically(nay, crudely) analogous to directories, but they can be on different partitions, and hence can be 'mounted' (or attached) to the root partition.(thats /).
The partitioning and space that you give for each depends on the purpose of the linux box. For example, if its a firewall , you need more space for /var on a different partition... Assuming that you have a home system, you'd be better off having four partitions : /boot 10MB swap 128MB / /usr The space required for / and /usr depends on what u have available and the number of packages you want to install. Your distribution's installation procedure will most likely give you the required size for the packages you selected for install.
happy linuxing!
regards, kishor
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