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Re: [buildd] partitioning crest (and kullervo)



On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:57:34AM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote:

> I just received one IDE-SCSI converted and a 250GB disk, which I can
> hopefully install on crest during the weekend. How should the disk be
> partitioned? When I have a large disk, I usually have some extra partitions,
> ie for testing the installer. I am not sure if that will be needed for
> crest. How about his:
> 
> /amiga	AOS needs to go somewhere, aahz has 128MB, maybe 1GB for the installer CD?
> 	I always have a second native partition, I tried to use it as boot
>  	partition, maybe someday that will work. Another 128MB are enough
> /	4GB? On PCs I use 8 or 10GB nowadays
> /opt	4GB, just in case we want to test the installer or something
> /home	20GB? 50?
> /org	200 or whatever is left?
> swap	1GB? 2, 4?

Use LVM for /home and /org, so you can expand these when needed. 

I would add another partition for a small linux rescue system, let's say
another 2-4 GB... 

> When the disks works, I will get the same for kullervo. And then at least
> /org should be copied bit for bit to the new disks, but maybe the
> installation can be done from scratch, or should that be just copied, too?

I think copying it over is sufficient. You can always clean it up afterwards. 

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