RedHat8 install question(s)

[Shodan]

TO all those who got me this far - my sincere thanks

situation:

C: = W2K, 29 GB, NTFS
D: = separate HD, unformatted, 149 GB

Goal,
Get RH8 onto, and use hdb.

What I know:
I can create various FAT32 partitions on hdb
I cannot (at the moment) partition hda...
RH8 needs several partitions

Question
do I need a "/" partition on both drives?
If so, how can I accomplish this?
should I make a small (say 4GB) partition on hdb and let RH8 do 'its thing' with the rest?
Should I prespecify all the partitions (FAT32) in advance?
If I do this, what happens to the native ext2,3 file systems?

thanks for any help
JD

[fancypiper]

If you want a partition that both Windows 2k and Linux can access with read/write ability, create a fat32 partition for that.

The Linux install will let you delete extra partitions/use free space and partition for Linux. Just choose the right part of the drive. I use Disk Druid for partitioning and I recommend this partitioning scheme for Linux:

/boot (optional unless you choose reiserfs or xfs filesystems) - 20-100 Megabytes, depending upon how many kernels you like to try

swap - 128 MB maximum

/ - 1.5-3.5 Gig depending upon how much software you install

/home - the rest of the room you have.

[bjornredemption]

You dont need two seperate / partitions just make a minimum of two partitions one will be your swap partition ( which is usually double your available ram) and the other is your / partition. You could also make a third partition as your /home partition.
My 20GB Hd is split so that linux gets 6 Gb plus 512Mb for swap.

Thats all you need to Install linux , accessing your windows drives comes later.

[Shodan]

So my scheme might look like this?

C: W2K, NTFS, 29 GB
D:
/shared (FAT32) = 5GB
/boot (for GRUB or LILO?) = 100MB
/swap = 500MB (I have 512)
/ = 4 GB (a bunch -o- stuff going on the machine)
/home = the rest???

What about
/usr
/var
/tmp

Do I make these separately or do they go under "/home"?
Actually, I thought they went under "/"

Thanks,
JD

[fancypiper]

I wouldn't go above 128 mb of swap unless you are running a heavily used server.What about
/usr
/var
/tmp

Do I make these separately or do they go under "/home"?
Actually, I thought they went under "/" They are under /

See the article Proper Filesystem Layout (http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/10/11/filesystem.html) for a good explanation.

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