Installing Linux
Overview
Starting
out
Preliminaries
Collecting
information about your system
Installation
options
Single
boot
Dual
boot
Booting from
CD/floppy
Booting
from your hard disk
A partitionless
install
A dedicated
Linux partition
Emulators
VMware
WINE
Installing Linux
Installer
software
Linux
partitioning
Typical partitions
User
accounts
LILO
The
window manager
KDE
Desktop help
Applications
The KDE Control
Center
File
access and the command prompt
Summary
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Typical partitions
/ |
root partition, stores Linux installation and program
files |
/boot |
stores Linux kernel (might be found under root partition) |
/home |
used to store your personal files |
/usr |
used to store your program files |
/tmp |
used to store temporary files |
/var |
used for variable size data including unprocessed email
etc. |
/swap |
used as extra memory by working files and applications |
The sizes you choose to set for each of these partitions depends
on your needs. One option is to allocate 10% for the /
(root) and /var partitions, 30% for the
/home partition and 50% for the /usr
partition. The size of your /swap partition will vary,
but agood rule-of-thumb is for the size of swap partition to be
double the size of your RAM. The installer software will create,
format and mount these partitions and then begin the installation
proper.
The installer will allow you some control over the software that
you decide to install. In the first instance, it is sensible to
install all of the packages that are recommended. You will be able
later to uninstall some of the packages if you later find that they
are of no use to you.
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