Hello All,
(A) After a little internet surfing, seeking for good Linux Installation tutorials, I do not really get the hang of it, that the picture is starting to clear up for me.
Even the Novell - and Open Suse forums and websites themselves, do not provide me with a clear answer to what I am looking for :-(
(B) Most Open Suse \ Linux installation and disk-partitioning tutorials give me (too) many choices on how I can partition my (250 GB SATA) harddisk, but few of them explain the WHY behind it:
- WHY does one have to create a certain Linux partition?
- Are they all mandatory (yes/no)?
- How can on pre-calculate the SIZE of a certain partition?
- Which factors do I need to take into account?
(C) When I look around in the tutorials I have found, I notice that I can install Open Suse Linux, in many different ways, depending on the role my computer is going to have later on.
So fa I have learned the following facts:
(D) The Mandatory (Linux, Open Suse) partitions are:
/Swap.., (RAM_memory content to disk partition) – Size: equal to the computers RAM size
/Boot.... (Startup partition, contains Linux kernels ) - Size: from 100mb to 4 gb (when working with many different Linux kernels)
For the rest of the Linux partitions one can create on the harddisk, the many tutorials I have found,
give very different explanations about WHICH partitions you can add and WHAT SIZE they need to have.
(E) "Extra" partition: name, function, [minimum size - maximum size])
/root......... The Root's own Home directory......................................... [2-8 gb]
/home...... User(s) Home.................................................................. [10 gb - 35gb / user OR the rest of the disk]
/usr.......... Installation directory for native Open Suse programs.......... [3,15,20gb]
/usr/local.. Installation directory for native Open Suse programs.......... [??]
/tmp......... Temporarily created file storage........................................ [50mb-10gb]
/var.......... Linux internal log files...................................................... [5-10gb]
/opt......... 3rd party software installation directories........................... [??????]
/srv......... FTP (up/download) files, website contents........................ [??????],
/backup... Backup partition for data from all other partition.................. [??????],
(F) My computers desired functionality - "Heavy desktop" user:
- Internetting (with Opera, Firefox, Konqurer browsers)
- YouTube movie watching (Vlc player)
- Word-Processing, Document creation (Open Office,Libre Office)
- Animation / Illustration creation (Gimp)
- Video Editing
- 3D modeling (Blender)
(G) Background info - Links to the tutorials I already found online:
Novell and Open Suse Links:
http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Distribution
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15835.html
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7003263
http://tr.opensuse.org/SDB:Partitioning_for_SuSE_Linux
http://support.novell.com/techcenter...partition.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_6622129_crea...partition.html
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Basics_of...,_mount_points
http://www.novell.com/documentation/...l/ch01s07.html
http://doc.opensuse.org/products/dra...a.advdisk.html
https://www.suse.com/communities/con...d-drive-fdisk/
3rd partij links:
http://linuxconfig.org/index.php
http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lx-partition.html
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/install_suse_2.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/li...pic1-v3-104-1/
http://www.tweakhound.com/linux/suse...stalling_1.htm
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/...rtitioning.php
http://askubuntu.com/questions/10759...r-normal-users
http://earthwithsun.com/questions/72...-configuration
http://searchitchannel.techtarget.co...Linux-10-disks
http://www.howtogeek.com/106873/how-...ions-on-linux/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/35676...your-linux-pc/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...a_Linux_System
http://www.softpanorama.org/Commercial_linuxes/Devices/disk_partitioning.shtml
MY QUESTION: Who is willing to assist me in pointing out:
- Which "extra partitions” I really need to create on my hard disk (beside /boot and /swap)
- What the size should be for those extra created partitions
Thanks for sharing your Open Suse & Linux wisdom with me!
(A) After a little internet surfing, seeking for good Linux Installation tutorials, I do not really get the hang of it, that the picture is starting to clear up for me.
Even the Novell - and Open Suse forums and websites themselves, do not provide me with a clear answer to what I am looking for :-(
(B) Most Open Suse \ Linux installation and disk-partitioning tutorials give me (too) many choices on how I can partition my (250 GB SATA) harddisk, but few of them explain the WHY behind it:
- WHY does one have to create a certain Linux partition?
- Are they all mandatory (yes/no)?
- How can on pre-calculate the SIZE of a certain partition?
- Which factors do I need to take into account?
(C) When I look around in the tutorials I have found, I notice that I can install Open Suse Linux, in many different ways, depending on the role my computer is going to have later on.
So fa I have learned the following facts:
(D) The Mandatory (Linux, Open Suse) partitions are:
/Swap.., (RAM_memory content to disk partition) – Size: equal to the computers RAM size
/Boot.... (Startup partition, contains Linux kernels ) - Size: from 100mb to 4 gb (when working with many different Linux kernels)
For the rest of the Linux partitions one can create on the harddisk, the many tutorials I have found,
give very different explanations about WHICH partitions you can add and WHAT SIZE they need to have.
(E) "Extra" partition: name, function, [minimum size - maximum size])
/root......... The Root's own Home directory......................................... [2-8 gb]
/home...... User(s) Home.................................................................. [10 gb - 35gb / user OR the rest of the disk]
/usr.......... Installation directory for native Open Suse programs.......... [3,15,20gb]
/usr/local.. Installation directory for native Open Suse programs.......... [??]
/tmp......... Temporarily created file storage........................................ [50mb-10gb]
/var.......... Linux internal log files...................................................... [5-10gb]
/opt......... 3rd party software installation directories........................... [??????]
/srv......... FTP (up/download) files, website contents........................ [??????],
/backup... Backup partition for data from all other partition.................. [??????],
(F) My computers desired functionality - "Heavy desktop" user:
- Internetting (with Opera, Firefox, Konqurer browsers)
- YouTube movie watching (Vlc player)
- Word-Processing, Document creation (Open Office,Libre Office)
- Animation / Illustration creation (Gimp)
- Video Editing
- 3D modeling (Blender)
(G) Background info - Links to the tutorials I already found online:
Novell and Open Suse Links:
http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Distribution
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15835.html
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7003263
http://tr.opensuse.org/SDB:Partitioning_for_SuSE_Linux
http://support.novell.com/techcenter...partition.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_6622129_crea...partition.html
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Basics_of...,_mount_points
http://www.novell.com/documentation/...l/ch01s07.html
http://doc.opensuse.org/products/dra...a.advdisk.html
https://www.suse.com/communities/con...d-drive-fdisk/
3rd partij links:
http://linuxconfig.org/index.php
http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lx-partition.html
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/install_suse_2.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/li...pic1-v3-104-1/
http://www.tweakhound.com/linux/suse...stalling_1.htm
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/...rtitioning.php
http://askubuntu.com/questions/10759...r-normal-users
http://earthwithsun.com/questions/72...-configuration
http://searchitchannel.techtarget.co...Linux-10-disks
http://www.howtogeek.com/106873/how-...ions-on-linux/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/35676...your-linux-pc/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...a_Linux_System
http://www.softpanorama.org/Commercial_linuxes/Devices/disk_partitioning.shtml
MY QUESTION: Who is willing to assist me in pointing out:
- Which "extra partitions” I really need to create on my hard disk (beside /boot and /swap)
- What the size should be for those extra created partitions
Thanks for sharing your Open Suse & Linux wisdom with me!