I am (hopping) on the bandwagon

[Nafae]

I am currently in the process of downloading slackware, mainly to host the coderforums irc server but also to serve as a learning tool for me. Anyways this is the first time I am going to be installing real linux, as before I tried redhat but from what ppl tell me, it isn't 'real' linux. So anyways, my biggest question: how should I partition a/the hard drive? (percentages are fine, IE 5%swap, 10% OS, 30% Files) or whatever... And if you know of a good configuration specifically for an IRC server I would give you a big coderforums hug.

Thanks,

~Nafae :geek:

[Pizentios]

hello,

i use 6 partitions, but you can get away with too if you really want to be lazy. a / and a swap. The advantage to having six is if one section of your filsystem gets trashed or infected with somthing the rest of your stuff is less likly to get trashed/infected. i use: /, /usr, /home, /var, /etc and a swap. It's all personnal perference though. if you want two or four or three then that's fine. four work pretty good too: /, /usr, /home, and a swap.

slackware is a fine fine thing. good luck and don't forget to lock down and processes that you don't want running. and use the expert install mode because you get to choose exactly what you want to install.

Cheers

[Nafae]

Thanks for the tip! I will likely go for two, just for simplicity. Anyone know of some (newbie) linux sites to get me going? My router and ethernet card should be in later today and I want to get started asap :)

[gish]

I like www.desktoplinux.com
....... it has proven to be helpful!!

G

[Dru Lee Parsec]

A lot of us here came over from www.linuxnewbie.org

Also, For a Liux Newbie I always suggest Mandrake because it has one of the easiest installations. You can d-load the file manually OR (as I do) go to www.cheapbytes.com and buy the disk already burned for you for about $3.99 + shipping.

[I have no relation to cheapbytes, just a satisfied customer and so on yada yada yada]

[BovineCreature]

Originally posted by Nafae
I am currently in the process of downloading slackware, mainly to host the coderforums irc server but also to serve as a learning tool for me. Anyways this is the first time I am going to be installing real linux, as before I tried redhat but from what ppl tell me, it isn't 'real' linux. So anyways, my biggest question: how should I partition a/the hard drive? (percentages are fine, IE 5%swap, 10% OS, 30% Files) or whatever... And if you know of a good configuration specifically for an IRC server I would give you a big coderforums hug.

Thanks,

~Nafae :geek:

Hi. I am not a big Linux fanatic, and I use FreeBSD myself. The thing I've heard the most about Slackware is that it's more
UNIX-like than any of the other Linux's.
It's also harder to learn.
Once you get around the learning curve, I hear, it's not so bad :D.

[BovineCreature]

Oh yeah and I usually have several partitions:
/usr -biggest (holds all applications
/ -second biggest
/home - third/second biggest, depends on if you're going desktop or server
swap -should be about 1.5-2 times the amount of RAM you have
/var
/tmp
OPTIONAL:
/usr/local - local applications, might be freebsd only, I dunno.