So today I attempted to install Ubuntu 11.04. My computer has three hard drives and I allocated an entire drive for the install. Here is some info on that HDD:
WDC WD25 00KS-00MJB0 SCSI Disk Device
Manufacturer Western Digital
Business Unit/Brand Enterprise/WD S25
Interface ATA
Capacity 244GB
Real size 250,059,350,016 bytes
S.M.A.R.T not supported
I made sure that I deleted all partitions so that the drive is just free space. For some reason, there is no option to use the entire drive, or free space for the install. Maybe that option was only available in past Ubuntu versions, or I'm just getting confused with an entirely different distribution install altogether; but what I need is some help setting up partitions on this HDD. While I am a bit of a noob, I do understand the basics of partitioning. I would like some help in setting up partitions as effectively as possible. I would like to use EXT4 as it uses journaling for my data, however, I would like to use a different partition and maybe another file system for the /var directory, for example. I do not think I need journaling for a bunch of log files because it is a waste of space and processing. I hope that makes sense, but if someone could help me chose the right sizes and file systems for the different directories so that Ubuntu can run effectively, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for you time.
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