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Shyang-Wen Lin (lin@lorien.umd.edu) wrote:
: I am preparing  for  the installation of Linux. Since backup will take
: forever, I would prefer to set it right the first time. My question is
: what  will be a  reasonable way  to divide  linux  into  several small
: partitions ?

: I want  to partition my hard disk (  2G left, already one DOS  primary
: and  one DOS extension  subdivided  into 2 logical drive letter ) into
: several  partitions  and  put  various  parts of linux on  them.  Some
: directories have more potential to grow than  others. This way, I  can
: divide full backup to partitions  and do it in  smaller session.  Some
: files need to be in a certain place  or be with certain files.

It is most convenient to have one main Linux partition (300 Meg or more),
and one swap partition of about 30 Meg. You already have 2 partitions
 (including the extended partition) and you can add 2 more primary partitions.
It is possible to use logical drives in an extended partition instead of
creating new primary partitions. However, extending a logical partition
may not be possible with DOS or Linux fdisk. It is possible with OS/2
fdisk.

: I am reading  the Linux Bible published  by Yggdrasil ( how to prounce
: this anyway ? ). But so far I can't get any definite suggestion on how
: to divide linux. So perhaps this is an logical/experimental issue.

Multiple Linux partitions are necessary if there is more than one hard disk,
or if you need to have a small bootable partition below cylinder 1024 (as
with order IDE systems). I have found multiple partitions to be somewhat
inconvenient; use one partition if you can.

: I would appreciate any experience you can share with me.


: BTW,  is there any good  backup  program out  there  ? Something  like
: Fastback  or  PC-Backup for  DOS  ?  All I  found is tar and one  very
: expensive program ( > $1000 per licence ).