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| 326498 | 2005-02-19 12:05:00 | I have 2, 120gb Segate Baracudas in a RAID0 array. And I was wondering how I should partition it up for Fedora. I will be using it along side Windows XP. Any input from you guys would be useful. Cheers Max |
ScaredEye (7358) | ||
| 326499 | 2005-02-19 20:16:00 | im pretty sure fedora has a partion program built in the install cd, just make sure you do a defrag before you install it. | Prescott (11) | ||
| 326500 | 2005-02-20 08:11:00 | Choosing the size and number of partitions for Linux depends on: 1. The intended use - i.e. a server would have quite a different setup compared to a workstation. For example, a /var partition for a web server so that the root partition cannot fill up. 2. to some extent, personal preference. For a FC workstation I would go for: 1. / partition (root) of about 7Gbytes. THis will allow for a full install of FC. If you don't want a full install, you can go for quite a lot less. 2. /home - what ever size you think you need for your data. The idea of making a /home partition is the same as making a d: drive (partition) for MS Windows. If you decide to format your / partition for whatever reason, your data remains. 3. Swap partition - about twice your RAM capacity. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 326501 | 2005-02-20 18:48:00 | Why not leave XYZ amount free (Anything 10gb+ is a good start) and then let the Installation application partition it for you? After all, who would know how to partition a Redhat system better than Redhat themselves?! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 326502 | 2005-02-20 19:16:00 | Fedora doesn't resize partitions IIRC during the installation. You will need to free up some space prior to installing Fedora. If you have PartitionMagic or similar use that, but leave the partition as unallocated (do not format it) and then you can just point the Fedora installer at the unallocated space and tell it to go for it. It will automatically make appropriate size partitions for root and swap. As Chill has suggested, if you could free up 10 gigs min that would allow you some room to grow with it. If you don't have a non-destructive partitioner, this live CD SystemRescueCd (http://www.sysresccd.org/) (110MB) has QTParted which is a clone of PartitionMagic and can resize NTFS. As with all non-destructive partitioning, make sure you defrag the drive well first and have any important data backed up. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 326503 | 2005-02-20 19:50:00 | Is your Raid0 array a software or hardware implimentation? Quiet a few distro's have difficulty with software Raid, it will pay to check the FC3 doc's to see if it's supported. | Murray P (44) | ||
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