Comments on: How to: partition hard drive for Linux http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tobias http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-146078 tobias Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:25:56 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/#comment-146078 I am very new to linux and partitioning. i have a few questions:1) sda5 sda6 have mount points:/ or /mnt/fc6 and / or /mnt/f7 respectively. does this mean you can have / as mount points on both 5 & 6 partitions simultaneously? 2)And BTW is this where your OS actually resides? If this is this the case then what is sda2 (100mb) for with "space for multiple linux installations". What do you mean by multiple linux installations with just 100mb 4) Does sda1 hold the home folders for all your installations? I plan to install mandriva, and ubuntu. can you help me. Thanks -Tobias I am very new to linux and partitioning. i have a few questions:1) sda5 sda6 have mount points:/ or /mnt/fc6 and / or /mnt/f7 respectively. does this mean you can have / as mount points on both 5 & 6 partitions simultaneously? 2)And BTW is this where your OS actually resides? If this is this the case then what is sda2 (100mb) for with “space for multiple linux installations”. What do you mean by multiple linux installations with just 100mb 4) Does sda1 hold the home folders for all your installations? I plan to install mandriva, and ubuntu. can you help me. Thanks -Tobias

]]> By: Ken Mitchell http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-76051 Ken Mitchell Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:39:13 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/#comment-76051 Yes, but don't try that when upgrading or installing a new distro, as things left over in places like .gnome or .evolution can cause weird issues. This happened to me when going from FC6 to Fedora 7. Sometimes, I like to store MP3s and other bulky media in /srv, keeping it on its own partition. Yes, but don’t try that when upgrading or installing a new distro, as things left over in places like .gnome or .evolution can cause weird issues. This happened to me when going from FC6 to Fedora 7.

Sometimes, I like to store MP3s and other bulky media in /srv, keeping it on its own partition.

]]> By: Ken http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-76048 Ken Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:22:12 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/02/11/partition-hard-drive-for-linux/#comment-76048 If I was to give any advise to a fledgling penguinista it would be to put /home on a separate partition. You can reinstall and be up and going in a fraction of the time when compared to a Windows clean install. If I was to give any advise to a fledgling penguinista it would be to put /home on a separate partition. You can reinstall and be up and going in a fraction of the time when compared to a Windows clean install.

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