Partitioning for Linux

[Joe 90]

Right so - I am currently setting up my Ubuntu install but got to the partitioning bit and basically can't remember the 'best' way to do it.

any tips??

i've started with a 70gb section of space...how would you break it down?
(i'm using Ubuntu 7.1)

[Garp]

There are schools of thought on this one. For a main workstation I'd pretty much just restricted it to:

1 partition for swap
1 partition for /
and then 1 partition for /home

That way should you need to re-install your OS your docs and user settings are all safe.

[Joe 90]

yeah i've currently got 9gb for the swap...

but then i can't see anything like root or home in the remaining options like i have had in other distros...
the options are -
ext2
ext3
reiserfs
jfs
xfs
fat16
fat32

Now, i've never seen reiserfs, jfs and xfs before so i'm not sure if they're other references to root and home?

[Mark]

Just use plain ol' ext3 unless you have a good reason to do otherwise. :)

9GB swap? That's rather large. 2GB should be more than enough. :) My main Linux box has 2GB RAM and rarely touches the swap (the one in the DC does swap a fair bit but there's a reason for that).

[Joe 90]

cheers mark.... had seen the advise to set 2gb swap....changed it now...

hopefully all goes well now :)

[Joe 90]

its been sat on 15% - Detecting File systems for ages!! ?

any ideas on how i can check its 'ok'