On 06/06/15 13:09 (GMT-0400) Michael DeBusk apparently typed:

> I intend to create a small (150-200 MB) /root within the first eight gigs of my
> disk, and put the rest in one large partition if I can. I don't know enough
> about Linux to know if I can do this. Most of the advice I find on it is
> setting up servers, where each "directory" has its own partition.

Linux is very flexible. Here's the DFSee report for the system I use for
beta operating systems (ATM, eCS2, SuSE Factory, and Mandriva Cooker, plus
a
few non-betas):

DFSee Linux  7.15 : Executing: fdisk -r-
+---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+---------------------------+--------+
|ID |Dr|Type, description|ux|Format  |Related |VolumeLabel|LVM Volume,
Partition      |Size MiB|
+---+-------------+--------+-------------------+
|01*|  |Hide 17 Inst-FSys| 1|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|P01 S60A   |P01 Maintenance,
P01 Mainte|   101.9|
|02>|  |Prim 0a IBM-BMGR | 2|BMGR    |LVM     |I13X-aware |, [ BOOT
MANAGER ]         |     7.8|
|03*|  |Prim 06 FAT16    | 3|FAT16   |MSWIN4.0|P03 S60A   |P03 WinDOS, P03
WinDOS     |    78.4|
|04*|  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 5|EXT2    |GRUB    |           |P05 /boot Linux
hda, P05 /b|    78.4|
|05 |  |Log  82 Solar/SWP| 6|SWAP    |Linux   |           |P06 S60A
swapper, P06 S60A |   384.3|
|06 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 7|EXT3    |Linux   |           |Factory, Factory
          |  4800.6|
|07 |-d|Log  0c FAT32-Ext| 8|FAT32   |MSWIN4.1|P08 S60A   |P08 S60A FAT32
D:, P08 S60A|  2988.6|
|08 |  |FreeSpace Logical|  |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|                
          |     7.8|
|08 |-e|Log  06 FAT16    | 9|FAT16   |-DFSee- |P09 S60A   |P09 S60A FAT E:,
P09 S60A F|   250.9|
|09*|-f|Log  07 Inst-FSys|10|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|P10 S60A   |P10 S60A eCS F:,
P10 S60A e|   800.0|
|10 |-g|Log  07 Inst-FSys|11|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|P11 S60A   |P11 S60A HPFS
G:, P11 S60A |  2000.2|
|11 |-h|Log  07 Inst-FSys|12|HPFS    |OS2 20.0|P12 S60A   |P12 S60A HPFS
H:, P12 S60A |   933.4|
|12 |-i|Log  07 Inst-FSys|13|HPFS    |OS2 20.0|P13 S60A   |P13 S60A HPFS
I:, P13 S60A |  2502.2|
|13 |  |FreeSpace Logical|  |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|                
          |     7.8|
|13*|  |Log  83 LinuxNatv|14|EXT3    |GRUB    |           |P14 S60A
Knoppix, P14 S60A |  2753.2|
|14 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv|15|EXT3    |Linux   |           |P15 S60A /home,
P15 S60A /h|  1600.1|
|15 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv|16|EXT3    |Linux   |           |P16 S60A /pub,
P16 S60A /pu|  7004.8|
|16 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv|17|EXT3    |Linux   |           |P17 S60A /srv   
          |   125.4|
|17 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv|18|EXT3    |Linux   |           |P18 S60A
/usr/local, P18 S6|  1098.1|
|18 |  |FreeSpace Logical|  |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|                
          | 24073.9|
|18 |  |Log  07 Inst-FSys|19|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|ECS 2      |BM:--> LVM   
             |   800.0|
|19 |  |Log  8c Unknown  |20|FAT32   |MSWIN4.1|DOZE BACKUP|--No-LVM-info-- 
          |  2988.6|
|20 |  |Lhid 16 FAT16    |21|FAT16   |-DFSee- |P20 S60A   |--No-LVM-info-- 
          |   250.9|
|21 |  |Lhid 17 Inst-FSys|22|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|NEW F      |--No-LVM-info-- 
          |   800.0|
|22 |  |Lhid 17 Inst-FSys|23|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|P10 S60A   |--No-LVM-info-- 
          |   800.0|
+---+-------------+--------+-------------------+
|23*|  |Hide 17 Inst-FSys| 1|HPFS    |OS2 20.0|TD91W P1   |P1 TD91W
Maintenanc, P1 TD9|   101.9|
|24}|  |Prim 0a IBM-BMGR | 2|BMGR    |LVM     |I13X-aware |, [ BOOT MANAGER
]         |     7.8|
|25*|  |Hide 16 FAT16    | 3|FAT16   |MSWIN4.0|P01 TD91W  |P3 TD91W DOS, P3
TD91W DOS |   251.0|
|26 |  |FreeSpace Logical|  |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|                
          |     7.8|
|26*|  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 5|EXT2    |GRUB    |           |P5 TD91W /boot,
P5 TD91W /b|    78.4|
|27 |  |Log  82 Solar/SWP| 6|SWAP    |Linux   |           |                
          |   133.3|
|28 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 7|EXT3    |Linux   |           |                
          |  3396.5|
|29 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 8|EXT3    |Linux   |           |P8 TD91W /home,
P8 TD91W /h|   400.0|
|30 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 9|EXT3    |Linux   |           |P9 TD91W
/cooker, P9 TD91W |  4290.7|
|32 |  |FreeSpace Logical|  |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|                
          |     7.8|
+---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+---------------------------+--------+
-- 
"All have sinned & fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/partitioningindex.html


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