Slackware 11, recommended partitioning on T30 Thinkpad, 40 GB

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1 total messages Started by CBFalconer Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:01

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Author: CBFalconer
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:01

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Having tentatively decided that Ubuntu is too similar to Windoze
(too much hidden), I plan to install Slackware 11.0 on an IBM T30
Thinkpad with a 40 GB drive and 1 GB memory.

I plan to use the machine primarily for development (mainly in C),
news, and email.  It will contain lots of standards documents,
etc.  It won't run games, and minimal photo images (although that
last may change).  No movies, soundtracks, etc.

I would like opinions on how best to partition the drive, adhering
as closely as possible to the quasi-standard Linux Filesystem
Hierarchy as described in:

  http://tldp.org/guides.html

Since the machine does not support ECC memory, I expect to maintain
backups of most material on a system with more reliable memory.

Incidentally, if anyone has information on the use of the built-in
modem (if possible), I would also like to hear about that.  I will
probably start a separate thread on that subject later.

-- 
Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
   Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
   <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>

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