Hi all, I'm going to set up a test bed and would like some suggestions as far as how to set up the partitions. I'll be installing Redhat 7.2 and only have 2 gigs to work with ( not including swap ). Also, I'd like to ONLY install the stuff that I would need in a server environment plus X and a browser ( preferably KDE's ). Is there any easy way to do this aside from a tedious custom install? Whats the best way? I'm a bit of a Linux newbie so any help is much appreciated.

Justin

Put everything on a single partition, except the swap partition of course. Install your distro using your preferable method, 2 GB is more than enough unless you choose to install everything. After installation, remove any unneeded packages using your favorite package management utility.

Yeah, as long as it's going to be a workstation, there are no security concerns about putting everything on one big partition. It's easier to manage, in ways.

However, I'd recommend making the first partition the boot partition. That way, you always make sure that your boot image is within the first 1024 sectors or whatever. Just make your first partition 8MB or something, and mount it at /boot, and you'll always be sure that it's at the beginning of the disk.

Then use the rest as one big partition, but leave some space for a swap partition.