[K12OSN] Upgrading to K12LTSP 4.1.0 - User accounts and settings
Jay Pfaffman
pfaffman at gmail.com
Thu Sep 9 02:55:03 UTC 2004
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:33:29 -0700, Krsnendu <krsnendu at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>
> Yes, you'll need to save /home & when you do the re-install, create a
> separate partiion for /home. That way you can just leave it in place
> for the next upgrade. I'm not sure why the default isn't to create a
> separate /home.
> __________________________________________________________
> Krsnendu replies:
>
> How do I setup the separate partition when installing K12LTSP 4.1?
> I know there is a section of the install for partitions, but I am not
> sure how much space to leave for each partition and how to link /home to
> its own partition.
There's an option early in the install to partiion with disk druid.
Exactly how big to make each partition is something of an art, but
20-50MB for /boot 5-20GB for /root and the rest for /home is one way
to go. If / is too small, you can move /var to /home (and make a
symlink pointing to it).
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Jay Pfaffman <pfaffman at utk.edu>
Asst Professor of Instructional Technology, U. TN, Knoxville
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