re: moonshine and disk druid

re: moonshine and disk druid

[Jude DaShiell]

I did something that wasn't in the howto with disk druid and so far as I 
can tell, it was successful.
First I started out by selecting default partitioning.  Next where it said 
view and modify partitions I picked yes.  Third, I got onto the big slash 
partition and hit f2 and was asked to you want to create a new partition 
or logical volume and I chose to create a new partition.
4) Since I want to create two more partitions and the slash partition is
    the space from which these are being taken I figured the slash
    partition should be 1/6 of the original space and the /usr/local should
    be 1/3 and the /home should be 1/2.  So I keyed in my mount point for
    /usr/local and divided the 113,354MB by 1/3 and keyed that number in as
    the size.  I had to backspace over the 1 that was already there to get
    rid of it.  Then having finished up that partition I repeated the
    process after having gotten back onto the slash partition and created
    the /home partition with 1/2 the space that was originally in that
    slash partition.
If possible could some of you try this method out and see if it's any 
easier?  If so, it may be useful to update the howto's disk druid section

re: moonshine and disk druid

[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209]

Hi,

      I can't see the difference between your method, and using a custom 
layout.  An advantage to the custom layout is that you don't get the 
unnecessary /boot partition.



-- 
Bill in Denver

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> I did something that wasn't in the howto with disk druid and so far as I
> can tell, it was successful.
> First I started out by selecting default partitioning.  Next where it said
> view and modify partitions I picked yes.  Third, I got onto the big slash
> partition and hit f2 and was asked to you want to create a new partition
> or logical volume and I chose to create a new partition.
> 4) Since I want to create two more partitions and the slash partition is
>    the space from which these are being taken I figured the slash
>    partition should be 1/6 of the original space and the /usr/local should
>    be 1/3 and the /home should be 1/2.  So I keyed in my mount point for
>    /usr/local and divided the 113,354MB by 1/3 and keyed that number in as
>    the size.  I had to backspace over the 1 that was already there to get
>    rid of it.  Then having finished up that partition I repeated the
>    process after having gotten back onto the slash partition and created
>    the /home partition with 1/2 the space that was originally in that
>    slash partition.
> If possible could some of you try this method out and see if it's any
> easier?  If so, it may be useful to update the howto's disk druid section
>
>
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RE: moonshine and disk druid

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi

Surely this will only be useful for some installations.  I'm currently recording a installation of Fedora 7 which I'll submit to the main menu team for broadcast if I'm satisfied.  In this scenario, my hard disks are already partitioned and they contain other Linux distributions.  I wouldn't want these partitions removed by one installation.

Gena

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Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:50 PM
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Subject: re: moonshine and disk druid


I did something that wasn't in the howto with disk druid and so far as I 
can tell, it was successful.
First I started out by selecting default partitioning.  Next where it said 
view and modify partitions I picked yes.  Third, I got onto the big slash 
partition and hit f2 and was asked to you want to create a new partition 
or logical volume and I chose to create a new partition.
4) Since I want to create two more partitions and the slash partition is
    the space from which these are being taken I figured the slash
    partition should be 1/6 of the original space and the /usr/local should
    be 1/3 and the /home should be 1/2.  So I keyed in my mount point for
    /usr/local and divided the 113,354MB by 1/3 and keyed that number in as
    the size.  I had to backspace over the 1 that was already there to get
    rid of it.  Then having finished up that partition I repeated the
    process after having gotten back onto the slash partition and created
    the /home partition with 1/2 the space that was originally in that
    slash partition.
If possible could some of you try this method out and see if it's any 
easier?  If so, it may be useful to update the howto's disk druid section


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