inteluser
June 28th, 2008, 06:06 PM
I'm planning to upgrade to a 320GB disk in my laptop, and want to install an (k)Ubuntu+XP dual boot configuration, as well as a smaller copy of ubuntu to use as a server. I would like to be able to boot XP from ubuntu as a virtual machine, and vice-versa. Furthermore, the smaller ubuntu server should be able to run virtualized in either desktop OS.
The reason I want a separate server, instead of just using my main desktop installation of ubuntu, is that I want the server to be available while I'm in windows without having to boot my main installation of ubuntu.
Here are my planned partitions:
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/boot 1GB
Windows:
windows-OS 15GB NTFS
windows-PROG 20GB NTFS
windows-DOCS 10GB NTFS
Ubuntu-desktop
/ 10GB
/var 5GB
/usr/local 30GB
/home 150GB
swap 2GB
Ubuntu-server
/ 5GB
/home 2GB
/usr/local 5GB
/var 10GB
swap 2GB
Reserved ~30-40 GB (depending on "320GB"'s meaning)
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I don't have a very good scale for the appropriate sizes of the partitions, and I'm not sure if having /var and /usr/local separate from / is a good idea (I've read conflicting reports). I'd appreciate some guidance.
Jason
The reason I want a separate server, instead of just using my main desktop installation of ubuntu, is that I want the server to be available while I'm in windows without having to boot my main installation of ubuntu.
Here are my planned partitions:
--------------
/boot 1GB
Windows:
windows-OS 15GB NTFS
windows-PROG 20GB NTFS
windows-DOCS 10GB NTFS
Ubuntu-desktop
/ 10GB
/var 5GB
/usr/local 30GB
/home 150GB
swap 2GB
Ubuntu-server
/ 5GB
/home 2GB
/usr/local 5GB
/var 10GB
swap 2GB
Reserved ~30-40 GB (depending on "320GB"'s meaning)
-------------------
I don't have a very good scale for the appropriate sizes of the partitions, and I'm not sure if having /var and /usr/local separate from / is a good idea (I've read conflicting reports). I'd appreciate some guidance.
Jason