Re: I HATE WINDOWS!

Good choice with debian, it's what I use :P
If you want to restore a working system from a backup of hda then I belive
you will need to put /var on it as well

There is a section here in the installation guide which I think you should
read
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03.html.en#partman

There's also more detailed information here
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs01.html.en


"Noozer" <dont.spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:h_eRi.75821$1y4.46404@xxxxxxxxxxxx
No, the subject line isn't the ranting of a Linux fanboy... I am truly
sick of dealing with the crap that we all know as Windows.

I am officially moving my LAN to a Debian base, only keeping the bare
minimum of Windows systems online.

With this in mind, I ask for a simple piece of advice... To maintain a
stable and easily backed up system, how would you partition a headless
Linux server, considering a system with two or three hard drives. What
size partitions would you think were appropriate, considering the size of
HDDs available today?

(minimum partition sizes shown)

/, /bin, /boot, /etc, /export, /initrd, /lib, /opt, /sbin, /sys, /usr -->
hda1 @ 10gig
/home --> hdb1 @ 50gig
swap --> hdb2 @ 1gig
/var --> hdb3 @ 1gig

Does that look good?

Would you keep /usr on hda1 since these are applications and shouldn't
change often, or on hdb since they are user programs? I guess what I'm
asking is, if I partitioned as above, could I restore a working system
simply using a backup of hda1 (without the users and their personal data
and settings, of course)? Are system programs found in /usr? Should
/root be included on hda1?

Thanks?



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