LinuxInstall.Net Podcast Episode 6 - How to format a disk for Linux
Brian "Wags" Wagner
episode 6
1) Introduction
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2) News
KDE is offically the default desktop now for OpenSuSe
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2009-08/msg00548.html
Can tr.im find the Right open source model? and the 2nd story is about tr.im going open source as well
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4677
http://ostatic.com/blog/url-shortening-service-tr-im-to-become-open-source-project
3) Topic of the night - Partition layout options
When doing an install of Linux you have a lot of options. What do those options mean?
1) File System Type - Discussed in detail last week
2) To encrypt home directories or not to encrypt home directories
3) LVM - Brief descriptions of the following:
a) what is it
b) what does it mean
c) What does it do for me
d) how should I set it up
4) File System layout - Recommendations
Ubuntu and others do a monolithic / or root directory with only /boot and swap split off on their own. This is fine for a desktop in most cases but never a good idea if you are or want to run a server. The problem with it is that it you can actually hang the system if you fill it up with logs for instance.
Figuring most people will have at least a 160GB disk here is what I would recommend.
/boot - 512MB
swap - For systems under 1GB double RAM for systems over 1GB Equal RAM - Why?
/var/log - 2048GB
/ - 100 GB
That will leave you with just over 50GB on the LVM to use later to expand discks.
4) Distro Watch Report
5) Conclusion
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