Fresh install with 3 HDDs
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:06 am
Hi there,
As a total newbie to Linux, I am trying to setup an Amahi system (Fedora 14 and Amahi 6) and learn a little bit about the OS at the same time.
I am following the very good tutorial for newbies, and the screenshots drive me smoothly through the Fedora 14 install.
However, when it comes to the HDD part, I can't find a precise answer.
Here is my hardware: 60 Gb sata (sda) and two 2Tb sata (sdb and sdc).
I want to use sda as the system disk only and sdb & sdc as the storage for my files. I'd like to use greyhole as well.
Here is the partition of sda, following the "installation without LVM" wiki page (adding a home partition):
sda1 500MB /boot ext4
sda2 15000MB /home ext4
sda3 8192MB swap (I have 4GB of RAM)
sda4 33538MB extended (was created automatically when adding a 4th partition)
sda5 33537MB / ext4
At this point sdb and sdc are Free.
Questions are:
1/ why is there this Extended partition?
2/ does it matter and should I use LVM?
3/ and most importantly, how should I partition & mount sdb and sdc? Both as /var/hda/files or as /var/hda/files/drives/drive1 and .../drive2? I would like to avoid having /var/hda/files/ on sda.
I have read that I should disconnect the additional drives when installing, but if i do that, where, when and how do I add files partitions? And question 3 remains anyway.
Thank you for your help.
As a total newbie to Linux, I am trying to setup an Amahi system (Fedora 14 and Amahi 6) and learn a little bit about the OS at the same time.
I am following the very good tutorial for newbies, and the screenshots drive me smoothly through the Fedora 14 install.
However, when it comes to the HDD part, I can't find a precise answer.
Here is my hardware: 60 Gb sata (sda) and two 2Tb sata (sdb and sdc).
I want to use sda as the system disk only and sdb & sdc as the storage for my files. I'd like to use greyhole as well.
Here is the partition of sda, following the "installation without LVM" wiki page (adding a home partition):
sda1 500MB /boot ext4
sda2 15000MB /home ext4
sda3 8192MB swap (I have 4GB of RAM)
sda4 33538MB extended (was created automatically when adding a 4th partition)
sda5 33537MB / ext4
At this point sdb and sdc are Free.
Questions are:
1/ why is there this Extended partition?
2/ does it matter and should I use LVM?
3/ and most importantly, how should I partition & mount sdb and sdc? Both as /var/hda/files or as /var/hda/files/drives/drive1 and .../drive2? I would like to avoid having /var/hda/files/ on sda.
I have read that I should disconnect the additional drives when installing, but if i do that, where, when and how do I add files partitions? And question 3 remains anyway.
Thank you for your help.