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Subject: Re: Harddrives & Filesystems
To: MWingate@cbm-wa.com (Marcel R. Wingate)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
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> 
> I have 2 Harddrives in my system and would like some input as to how to
> allocate the file systems (/, /usr, /var, swap, etc)
> 
> I have a 500Mb IDE Harddrive and a 2GB SCSI harddrive
> The system is a P90, 32Mb RAM (plan to go to 64Mb soon, so I want to have
> enough swap).

Usually 1-2x is sufficient for swap, so use 128mb for swap.

Use about 64mb for root.

Use about 32mb for var.

Use the rest of the first drive for usr.

Use the second drive for your space, typically home or usr/home.

If you add a third drive, and add lots of sofware, you might want
to put it on /usr/local or /usr/src.

With the above scheme, drives are flopping all over on their head
actuators.
 
> The system is primarily my "get to know unix" machine, but at some point I
> would like it to be "stable" and be using it as my primary workstation
> (email, web, etc. and more teach-myself-unix).

Should do fine.  About 1 gig makes a good plain workstation.  2 gigs
is fun.  More than that gravy, although if you have it add it in and
see how fast it fills up.....(:+}}....

Bob Keys

> 
> 	Thank you,
> 	Marcel R. Wingate
> 	     	Systems Analyst
> 		Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer


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