Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!
on 3/1/01 11:35 AM, MaD dUCK at madduck@madduck.net wrote:
> what is the machine going to serve?
>
> - pop3? i'd assume no
> - smtp yes
> - proxy services? yes
> - NAT? yes
> - DNS? no
> - DHCP? no
> - firewall no
>
DHCP is nice for allowing any computer to plug in to your network without
configuration, such when you have a laptop from work or you have relatives
that come for a visit and bring their laptop, etc.
firewalling would depend on the type of internet connection you have. If you
have an always-on connection (such as DSL, cable, satellite, wireless,etc),
then a firewall would be advisable. If it's just a modem connection, one
could argue that a firewall is not as necessary.
>> I would like advice about partitioning.
>
> with 42Gb, you will be safe as follows:
>
> hda1 /boot 16M
> hda2 <swap> your RAM size
> hda5 / 500M
> hda6 /usr 10G
> hda7 /home 29G
> hda8 /var 1G
> hda9 /tmp 1G
>
I use to worry about this when I first started because I had absolutely no
clue as to what partitions needed to be created and what size to make them.
Especially when considering different size hard drives on different systems.
I know that there are reasons to have separate partitions, but quite frankly
I've been very happy creating just 2 partitions. 1 for swap and 1 for
everything else. Simple and easy, and I have yet to regret it on any of the
systems that I have installed. I would be interested in a discussion of
possible ramifications of using this method.
--
Charles Lewis
lewisc@delta.swau.edu
817-556-4720
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