Re: Three questions

[Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@example.com>]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 09:55:46AM +0530, archan wrote:

>    /dev/hda1    Linux-Swap                                256MB
>    /dev/hda2    Linux-Native (ext2/RaiserFS)     5.5GB  (considering u 
	are installing complete Mandrake7.2)
>    /dev/hda3    Windows (FAT32/NTFS)             3GB   
>    /dev/hda4    (anything u want)                        (rest of the 
> space)    (this is data partition)

That's not a good idea.

* Windows main partition should always be the first partition, due to
  MS lossage.
* Root partition should be separate from all other partitions, and it should
  be small.  Further, it should use a known-good filesystem.  ReiserFS
  does not qualify.
* There is no benefit to having a swap partition that is larger than physical
  RAM.  Memory overcommit is a bad thing.
* Use extended partitions.  DOS boxes are not limited to four partitions if
  an extended partition is used.

UNIX admins generally agree that One Large Filesystem(tm) is a bad thing.

-- Chris