I can't get one thing about the partition for Linux. I have on my computer hard drive 20 Gig.<BR> <BR>The partition is:<BR>mount point type size<BR>/ ext2 15Gig<BR>swap swap 400Mb<BR>/home/win2000 FAT ...

When it comes to system administration, one of the earliest decisions to be made is how to configure swap space. Many readers already are thinking they know what to do: throw in as much RAM as you can ...

Yeah, I know, Linux pages, but they still call it a SWAP partition.<BR><BR>I've got a system with a 16GB CF as the system drive (actually, the ONLY drive), and 4GB (I thought I had 1GB sticks - they ...

One of the first things new Linux users often get confused about is the need to create a disk partition for swap space. After all, neither Windows nor Mac OS X make you do any such thing, what's the ...

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus. Linux ...

Operating systems, such as Linux, provides partitioning software to resize partitions without any data loss. It's possible to resize a partition using Gparted in an easy and a convenient way. Gparted ...

As usual, this blog post comes out of something I have been working on (read as: struggling with) for the past few days. The purpose is to give an overview of disk partitioning under Linux, ...