Re: Partitioning hard disk

[William Park <parkw@better.net>]

On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 05:33:01PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote:
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> This is how I plan to partitiion the disks:
> /                hda1     40MB
> swap       hda2     8MB
> /usr          hda3      68MB
> swap       hdb1      8MB
> /usr          hdb2      250MB
> 
> where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk.
> Will the above configuration work..and can I split /usr across 2
> partitions or will X complain?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michelle

No, you cannot do that --- one partition, one mounting point.
Also, try to increase swap size to 32Mb.

Why are you making 2 8Mb swap partitions, when single 16Mb will do?

My recommendattion is 
    use 116Mb hard disk for / and swap
    use 258Mb hard disk for /usr, /home/, or whatever.