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christos_gentsis
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 Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject: new in gentoo... help with partitioning and kernel... |
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hello anyone
i was looking for a Linux Distro that will be builded for AMD64 and with the optimaziation that i want it... ~(-O3  ) so i try gentoo but i need some help....
1. i'm going to use a 20 GB disk, can someone give me some help about how is it good to partition it for a pc that will be used for multimidia, some games (linux games) and as a development platform???? i was thinking of using 6 partitions: /. /boot. /var, /usr,/home, /tmp (and /store in an other disk)
do you recoment any other comfiguration for the partitions? and can you recoment any size for them?
2. i use linux for 5 years but i never mess with the kernel that much to know about frame buffers... i have the ATI 9800, what i'm doing here and what i'm going to put to the grup?
thanks
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Snowlock
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You can look at this 'stickied' thread to get some ideas on partitions. Each partition size will b different for each person considering everyone has their own way of doing things / needs, but if you allocate:
5 GB to the /usr
5 GB to /tmp
3 GB to /var
32-50 MB to /boot
500 MB to /
whatever is left to /home
You should be fine... now granted some space may be wasted, but overall this should keep you from not having enough space in one area. |
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boogerman
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what I used for my first install was
100MB /boot ext2
256 MB swap
rest / reiserfs
Seemed to work great. I've never used all those partitians, but I suppose it's got its points. If you have a store partition, you may consider mounting it at /home/<user>/store. That might make it more usable, or at least more easily accessible as the permissions would by default be set to you. |
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MickKi
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If youfeel the need for speed put your partitions in the following order: | Code: | /dev/hda1 swap
/dev/hda2 /tmp 150M
/dev/hda3 /var/tmp 3.5 to 4G
/dev/hda5 /usr/lib 1 to 1.5G
/dev/hda6 /var 1.5 to 2G (depending on the size of your logs if you are running servers)
/dev/hda7 /usr 4.5 to 6.5G (depending on No of apps)
/dev/hda8 /opt 3 to 4 G (depending on No. games & apps)
/dev/hda9 /home 1G+ your choice really
/dev/hda10 / 150 to 350M should be ample
/dev/hda11 /boot |
Reasoning & Notes
- The partitions are listed in terms of their respective access & read/write speed needs.
- If gaming is a priority you may want to move /opt before /var.
- Booting up is going to be somewhat slower than having your boot at /dev/hda1, but you only boot every now and then.
- You may want a separate /usr/portage partition to avoid fragmentation and speed up emerge sync's
- Your particular user needs and applications can vary the above suggestions (no two machines are the same).
For more on multipartitioning I recommend this HowTo
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FastTurtle
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You can get by with:
/boot 7 megs
swap 1 gig minimum
/ 1 gig
/usr 6 gig
/var 4 gig
/tmp 1 gig for single user system, add 500 megs per user to 3 gigs max
rest of space as you need it.
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