Re: [Rule-list] ideas about rule partitions

[Martin Stricker]

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> I have been running /boot at 10 meg. Is this subdir written to? It
> could be 8 meg would be enough. But that only frees 8 meg for apps or
> data.

If you want the last MB to be free don't create a /boot-partition at all
(you can do so by altering the install scripts). This only leads to
problems if your harddisk has more than 1024 cylinders - really old
BIOSes don't have the LBA32 option.

> So an auto partiton script for rule would not have to detect ram and
> hard drive size. It could just delete all existing partitons and then
> build the partitons listed above. (or a better tuned variant)

I was told by a Red Hat employee (I belive it was Trond) that the kernel
can handle twice of RAM for swap best. So if more than 32 MB memory are
present a swap increase is useful.

> This is, of course, for a new rule install where the entire drive was
> going to linux. My guess, though, is that this will be most rule
> installs.

Just give them the choice:
[] Auto partitioning. Linux will use the complete harddisk.
   WARNING! THIS WILL DESTROY ANY DATA ON YOUR HARDDISK!!!
[] cfdisk - see the partitioning instructions at [URL]
[] fdisk - for experts only - see the partitioning instructions at [URL]

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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