Is 1.18Gb partition enough to load linux mandrake onto?

[byr0n]

I mean just system files, i have another partition for actual applications..



Simple yes or no please.

Mandrake 8.0 btw

 

[Zach]

Maybe.

Try it. Just make the other partition /usr when you install, should be okay if you don't get heavy on the bloat.

 

[byr0n]

"Maybe." -- woo im gonna go bludgeon myself to death!


Heavy on the bloat? Hehe

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I mean just system files, i have another partition for actual applications..



Simple yes or no please.

Mandrake 8.0 btw >>



It should be fine. Just do not install a bunch of stuff.

 

[byr0n]

Couldnt i just install everything onto another partition?
or does everything that linux uses have to be in that partition?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Couldnt i just install everything onto another partition?
or does everything that linux uses have to be in that partition? >>



I guess you do not understand at all how a UNIX system is partitioned.
/ = root where everything begins. Nothing should be installed here
/home = Where all of your personal files go.
/usr = Cant remember off the top of my head but bascially where you should install binaries and what not
/sbin = system binaries
/bin = Some of the most important binaries
/etc = configuration files go here

The two biggest directories would probably be /usr and /home. If you can put these two directories outside of the 1.18GB and everything else should fit just fine within 1.18GB.

 

[byr0n]

<< I guess you do not understand at all how a UNIX system is partitioned. >>




This is all new to me...

Gotta learn somewhere =)

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< I guess you do not understand at all how a UNIX system is partitioned. >>




This is all new to me...

Gotta learn somewhere =) >>



And hopefully my horrible little description can help you out a little bit

Oh I forgot

/opt = third party stuff can be installed here, mostly on solaris and hp-ux

/stand = no clue
/tmp = temporary space
/proc = a horrible idea that allows you to get information about your computer from the filesystem.

And probably other directories that I cannot remember right off

 

[Bremen]

<< The two biggest directories would probably be /usr and /home. If you can put these two directories outside of the 1.18GB and everything else should fit just fine within 1.18GB. >>

heh, everything else should fit within 200MB! unless of course you use /opt of course.

Also n0c, you forgot /mnt and /var ;0)

/mnt - is where you mount stuff like cdrom's floppies, or maybe a vfat partition

/var - contains logs and stuff, you mail spool is contained here, along with system logs, has the potential to grow VERY large, however this is unlikely on a home system

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< The two biggest directories would probably be /usr and /home. If you can put these two directories outside of the 1.18GB and everything else should fit just fine within 1.18GB. >>

heh, everything else should fit within 200MB! unless of course you use /opt of course.

Also n0c, you forgot /mnt and /var ;0)

/mnt - is where you mount stuff like cdrom's floppies, or maybe a vfat partition

/var - contains logs and stuff, you mail spool is contained here, along with system logs, has the potential to grow VERY large, however this is unlikely on a home system >>



I dont use /mnt so that is probably why I forgot about that... My /var partition is kind of large. When I set my machine up I logged pretty much everything that came in on my firewall...