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Hi folks
Archlinux 86-64 2007 08-2 core (Host OS)
R-Project
http://www.r-project.org/
VMWare server
Guest OS to be decided later
I'm prepared installing Archlinux on a box with 80G SATA-II HD installed to test R-project. My planning will be as follows;
/boot 100M
/ 30G
swap 1G
/home 10G
balance for Guest OS
It needs at least 5 partitions. So I plan to have /home and "Guest OS" on ext partitions. I haven't figured out how to further partition "Guest OS" partition in future unless runnning LVM. Besides this is a virtual machine the "Guest OS" partition must be in VMWare partition. I started searching guides on Archlinux website and found follows;
Partitioning
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … ard_Drives
Partition the Hard Drives
Setup LVM and Create the /home LVM Volume
Please advise are the above documents appropriate for my guidance. OR are there more detail documents? TIA
B.R.
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You can put swap and /home on an extended partition.
Since you have a partition for /boot, I guess you can also put / on the extended partition (not sure about this one).
I didn't understand what you meant with "this is a virtual machine the "Guest OS" partition must be in VMWare partition".
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You can put swap and /home on an extended partition.
Since you have a partition for /boot, I guess you can also put / on the extended partition (not sure about this one).
Thanks for your advice.
There are 3 primary partitions. I can put /boot, / and /home on primary partitions leaving swap and "Guest OS" on extended partition.
I didn't understand what you meant with "this is a virtual machine the "Guest OS" partition must be in VMWare partition".
The "Guest OS" is running on VMWare platform. Can they be installed on different partition?
B.R.
satimis
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Nuwanda wrote:You can put swap and /home on an extended partition.
Since you have a partition for /boot, I guess you can also put / on the extended partition (not sure about this one).Thanks for your advice.
There are 3 primary partitions. I can put /boot, / and /home on primary partitions leaving swap and "Guest OS" on extended partition.
Some OS's will not boot on an extended or non-active partition.
I didn't understand what you meant with "this is a virtual machine the "Guest OS" partition must be in VMWare partition".
The "Guest OS" is running on VMWare platform. Can they be installed on different partition?
Why do you need a physical partition if it's a VM? In most cases, you should use a virtual hard disk.
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