Hi All,

 

    How many partitions should we have to install Linux on

any system? & what should be their size if we have 4GB of

disk space &  installation packages take around 2.5GB to install.

 

Swap, I know, double the ram.(127MB in most cases)

 

    On the RHL 7.1 CD , in the installation strategies how-to,

I read that we can install linux with min. 3 partitions. They are,

/boot, /swap & /(root). But this way I found the system is slow

 

    Don't ask me to read how-tos. I want to discusses this

point with you as I found variation in the suggestion in

various ppls.

    Some says your / partition should be the largest on

the other hand some says /usr partition should be

large, as the installed S/W get installed on this partition

    One of my friend told me that your /boot partition

should be the largest partition. I know he is wrong, as

some of our friends told me that around 10 to 20 MB

are enough for /boot.

    During the installation, once linux dispelled a message

that, your /(root) partition should not be less than 250MB.

But then what about other partitions, like /home, /var, /dev

/tmp & other. What they are used for?

One more.......

& in which order they should be mounted?

which is the 1st & which one is last?

 

Thanks & Regards,

SAMEER :)

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