partitioning for RH9

[Force Flow]

What format should I use for the large partition? ext2 or ext3?

[edit]: and what do I set for a mount point?

[jglen490]

Go for a journaling file system, thus ext3 rather than ext2. There are several journaling filesystems available including ReiserFS, XFS, and others. Each has their own proponents, each is pretty good.

I use ext3 on my old IBM TP365XD laptop, and it works well.

As for mount point, if you are only making one large partition for Linux (other than a swap partition), then it must be "/" as it is by definition at the root of the entire directory tree.

[Force Flow]

Thanks

[Computer Hobbyist]

You might want to think about one large partition.

I suggest that might want to name / the bootable partition. The second Partition will be the SWAP partition. But in addition you might want a separate partition called /usr which will contain most of the programs that will run on your machine. In addition you might want to think about creating a fourth partition (/home) to contain your personal files. It should be the largest linux partition. To quote an expert "this kind of a partition scheme may come in handy if you have problems with your hard disk. You may be able to save information if it's located in different partitions easier than if it were only one big partition." The forgoing scheme might be a little more trouble and is sorta contrary to the current wisdom, but I think it still makes sense.

[Force Flow]

Ah, hpro was talking about the different partions, but he wasn't sure on which one should be the biggest. Thanks