Suggested partioning for 3 drives and RAM suggestions (oops!)

[Net Llama!]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Harry G wrote:
> Sorry about the mistypes and the wrong numbers on the ram.  Was trying to
> get out the door.
>
> I am not doing RAID.  I think I will do 512 MB (not 528)!
>
> What about partitions?  I will probably put /home on it's own partition, but
> with 3 drives, how can I span this, or can't I do this?  What about swap?

You can't span any partition across multiple drives without RAID.  I'd say
that 1GB of swap should be sufficient, assuming that you're not going to
run anything memory intesnive.

> I will most likely install Libranet (He hears a distant cheer form Leon G.)
>
> Let me know, amigos!
>
> Embaressingly yours,
>
> Harry G
>
>
>
> On Sun December 28 2003 10:18 am, Harry G wrote:
> > I am setting up a new system with 3 50 gig SCSI drives.  It is to be a
> > workstation, doing the usual at home/small business work.  I want to
> > store a lot of photos and mp3 files on it.  It will have
> >
> > What would be the bst way to parttion this setup?
> >
> >
> > Also, I can put in up to 1056 meg of ram.  Is it worth it, or would 528
> > be fine?  (Not doing a lot of massive spreedsheet calcs or anything).

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