Re: [aclug-L] Newbie Partitioning Questions

[Jim Rosencutter <rosencut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, Jeffrey, I understood what you meant the first time!  (The one
big partition is referring to pre-Linux install.)  I guess what I was
trying to confirm was that Win95 won't see any of the Linux stuff;
therefore my CD-ROM (now drive G:) won't get pushed back a letter or
two, requiring me to reinstall the Win games my son runs off of CD.

Thanks.

Jim

jeffrey.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Let me further explain what I didn't say correctly the first time.
> (Actually, I told him I thought the /usr needed the most room, so that
> implied that I meant to keep multiple partitions in the Linux environment,
> but I opened my mouth and lost all control of the content from there on.
> :-/  )
> 
> I do believe in multiple partitions.  I don't see any need of setting up
> the partitions before RedHat sets them up, however.  RedHat will see the
> one big partition and then ask you to specify the sizes and locations.
> It's really pretty much of a wasted effort to partition them first since
> they'll be in the wrong format anyway.  That's what I meant.  I don't know
> why I'm acting like an expert anyway.  Mine box is a mess so I shouldn't
> presume to know what I'm talking about.
> 
> jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx on 03/21/99 03:04:45 PM
> 
> Please respond to aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> To:   aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc:    (bcc: Jeffrey Hansen/BFTC/Bombardier)
> Subject:  Re: [aclug-L] Newbie Partitioning Questions
> 
> > I'd personally leave it all in one big hunk.  I'd also use fat16 so you
> can
> 
> That's a bad idea...
> 
> What if you download Netscape 17.6 and it accidentally fills your
> partition?  Then your / partition fills, too, which can cause SERIOUS
> problems.
> 
> Or suppose something bad happens and you have filesystem corruption... if
> you have multiple partitions, then the corruption is issolated to a single
> partition.  Then you have a much better chance of not losing valuable
> data.
> 
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