[ale] new to linux, question about partitioning

[James Sumners]

Partition now. I'm not sure what types of partitions parted can
resize, but I wouldn't trust my data with it. If you are going to try
other distributions then you want a root partition, a home partition,
and a swap partition. There isn't much reason for a boot partition on
a home machine. The root partition should be about 10 to 20GB; you
will probably never use that much space on root, but it doesn't hurt
to have it just in case. Let your home partition be the rest of the
drive (minus the swap).

On 8/4/06, Step <random4444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm (mostly) brand new to Linux, just installed Ubuntu on an old PC a few
> days ago.  :)  I've been watching the list the last few days, and hope some
> of you can offer your opinions:
>
> -I have a 250 GB HD, right now it's all one partition (except for /boot and
> /swap), as that's what someone recommended.  But I suspect I will soon want
> to try other linux distros, and I know I'll want to play with postgres,
> wordpress, as well as several server activities.  The main one is to have
> the box act as a file server for my home network, so I can edit / use
> pictures on my Mac, and share files between my window, mac, and linux
> boxes.  Another big priority is to set up a script to regularly back up my
> pictures, music, data, and even settings maybe.
>
> Can I repartition on the fly later?  Do you recommend partitioning now,
> before I get Ubuntu too set up?
>
> Any other advice for a newbie?  Thanks all for your time.
>
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