[ubuntu-za] Partition Advice Please

[Vijay Makanjee]

I have used the partition editor on the live cd to manage the size of 
the partitions. Resized my windoze partition and created a /home 
partition successfully.

Boot with the Live CD, go to system, administration, partition editor 
and then do your changes. Back up in case the data gets screwed!

Vijay Makanjee
Ergo | P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
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vijay at ergo dot co dot za


Jan Kroeze wrote:
> It looks like a reasonable setup to me, but do you need that much space 
> for /home? I tend to only use around 2Gb for my documents, settings, 
> etc, etc.
> 
> I would prefer to spend the remaining 10Gb from your home on a seperate 
> /opt partition, as this allows you to maintain some programs between 
> version of Linux (I refer here mainly to Java based applications such as 
> iTracker, Eclipse etc.) Then again, you may not need this.
> 
> You /can/ resize your Windows partition to a smaller size without losing 
> any data, but it is a complicated process. If you search a little in the 
> beginner's section of Ubuntu Forums <http://www.ubuntuforums.org> you 
> should find a very detailed howto.
> 
> 2008/9/30 Angotull <angotull at gmail.com <mailto:angotull at gmail.com>>
> 
>     I would also suggest creating a /var partition. I know this is a
>     hangback form server layouts, but logs can fill a partition quicker
>     than you think, and linux doesnt like a full root partition.
> 
>     On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 22:39 +0200, Hannes Coetzee wrote:
>>     I would suggest:
>>
>>     Partition 1 for Windows (ntfs - whatever space you need)
>>     Partition 2 for / (ext3 for Linux root - about 5GB should do depending 
>>     what you install later on. 10GB would be good if you can)
>>     Partition 3 for swap (1GB should be enough)
>>     Partition 4 for /home (ext3)
>>
>>     Putting the /home partition last makes it easy to transfer your current 
>>     setup to a bigger disk should you decide to upgrade in the future.
>>
>>     Regards
>>     Hannes
>>
>>     vincent wrote:
>>     > Could someone please give me some advice on partitioning my HDD?
>>     > I've got an 80GB Drive & am running a duel boot system - XP Pro & 8.04.
>>     > I want to re-install Hardy & create A separate partition for my Home
>>     > directory.
>>     > When I originally installed Hardy I used the first option, allowing
>>     > linux to lead me through the process, this created Home in root.
>>     > Due to problems with Hardy, I want to re-install, but don't want to lose
>>     > any upgrades I've installed.
>>     > Hence my wanting to create a separate Home partition.
>>     > At present my system is as follows:
>>     > sdal1-ntfs-21.70GB
>>     > sda2 -Extended 52.83GB
>>     > sda5 -ext3 51.48GB
>>     > sda6 -Linux Swap 1.35GB
>>     >
>>     > I propose to change the set-up to the following suggested by Karl Larsen
>>     > on another thread, with some changes.
>>     >
>>     > sdal1- ntfs-3Gb
>>     > sda2 - Extended -58GB
>>     > sda3 - Home - 12GB
>>     > sda5 -ext3  5GB
>>     > sda6 -Linux Swap -2GB
>>     > Does this make sense?
>>     >
>>     > My concern is, will I lose data on sdal1 if I make this partition
>>     > smaller as proposed? - On the face of it, a silly question, but being a
>>     > beginner here, I need your advice - My thinking is, that if I make the 
>>     > partition smaller, it will just make the available space for XP less & 
>>     > not destroy any data. Am I wrong, or will I need to reload XP as well?
>>     > Regards
>>     > Vince
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >   
>>
>>
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