jmtjet
April 2nd, 2003, 05:46 AM
This has probably been asked a thousand times but here goes: How would I go about installing Linux RedHat 7.3 on an empty(new) hard drive? Thanks.
Diffie
April 2nd, 2003, 08:10 AM
It depends...will you allocate the while drive to Linux? Do you plan in making separate partitions (mount points) for / /usr /boot /var ...etc.How much space will you give to /home or will you use the whole drive as one partition mounted on /?
I'd say go with the auto partitioning scheme which the installer suggests.
This is what i use on my box:
--> mount
/dev/sda3 on / type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
/dev/sda5 on /home type xfs (rw,noatime,quota,logbufs=8)
/dev/sda6 on /usr type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
/dev/sda7 on /tmp type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
/dev/sda8 on /usr/src type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
/dev/sda9 on /var type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
/dev/hde1 on /mnt/hd type xfs (rw,noatime,logbufs=8)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
and
--> df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 372M 50M 322M 14% /
/dev/sda1 11M 2.4M 8.6M 22% /boot
/dev/sda5 5.8G 102M 5.7G 2% /home
/dev/sda6 9.3G 3.1G 6.2G 34% /usr
/dev/sda7 1.9G 255M 1.6G 14% /tmp
/dev/sda8 5.6G 473M 5.1G 9% /usr/src
/dev/sda9 1.6G 239M 1.3G 15% /var
/dev/hde1 21G 17G 4.7G 78% /mnt/hd
It should give you some ideas.Hope this helps.