Filesystem/Partitions for new Linux system

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 04:15:51PM -0400, Anthony Alex wrote:
> I was wondering if I could get advise,  to plan out  a new linux server installation. Although it is going to be for home use for now,  I would like to follow the right methods if possible from the start, just as if I was setting it up in a business environment. 
>  
> I may be using Debian.
>  
> Questions that come up are as follows :
>  
> What are the recommended partitions one would use ?  and what size ? 
>  
> I know  in the past (few years ago) I have ran into issues with LBA,  do I need to worry about this anymore ? 
>  
> This system that I am using is a P3 500mhz, 40gb hard disk, 256mb ram.
>  
> I would like to reserve 5 gb for MSwindows. I will be using Linux boot manager.

The general recomended solution is always: Install windows first as its
installer will always trash the boot loader.

For partition sizes, it varies between administrators, the purpose of
the machine, etc.

I have for the last while done:
128M /boot (ext2)
10G / (ext3) (30G on the latest machine since it has a 250G drive)
Remaining disk LVM
inside LVM:
1G swap (well 2G on the latest machine)
20G /home (ext3)
remainder /data (ext3) (where I store files the file server provides).
I sometimes symlink stuff like postgresql (from /var/lib/postgres) into
/data if the machine has a large database.

For a 40G it might make sense to just have swap and /, or perhaps /boot,
swap and /.

If you leave room for windows, make it the start of the disk and
partition 1.  it will save a lot of grief with the windows install.

Lennart Sorensen
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