[sf-lug] separate partition for /home

[Tyler Trafford]

Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I received a donation of a notebook w 4 GB of RAM for our schools project.
>  I want to install /home in a separate partition.  I will be using Ubuntu
> 10.10 as the distro.  I have been told that the rule of thumb is as follows:
> 
> 10 gig+ for /
> 2xRAM for swap
> Rest for home
> 
> Are there any traps for the unwary that I should know about?  I have never
> personally done this before, although I have seen it done.  Thx.

FWIW:

RedHat says that the "swap = 2*Memory" is only for memory<=2GB.

For memory >2GB they recommend : "Swap = Memory + 2GB"
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Tyler Trafford