From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15wLXo-0007T8-00 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 06:45:56 -0400 Received: (qmail 8317 invoked by uid 50); 24 Oct 2001 10:45:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 8273 invoked by uid 0); 24 Oct 2001 10:45:54 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poola102.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (63.227.85.102) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 24 Oct 2001 10:45:54 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Lynux machine only Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 03:45:52 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <002701c15c61$255e3a80$0200a8c0@swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <002701c15c61$255e3a80$0200a8c0@swbell.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01102403455201.09339@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: with 10 GB, I'd just make all but the last 255MB one big ext2 partition (newer versions of lilo get around the 1024 cylinder limit, btw) with the last bit at the end set aside for swap. bu personally I only bother with fancy partitioning when: a. setting up a machine with multiple hard drives (like my own), or b. setting up a machine that will be serving out shell accounts, or file sharing (in that case it's nice to keep /home seperated so that your users can't mess the system up by filling the root device as easily). On Wednesday October 24, 2001 12:54 am, you wrote: > I am setting a system that I plan to use for lynux primarily. I am > wondering how to partition the hard drive? The drive is a 10GB, and I know > that there is a limit partition size that Lynux can handle. > > Richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup