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<font color="red">'''Please note:<br>The use of separate partitions for the /home and /var folders greatly facilitates disaster recovery and system stability and is generally accepted systems administration practice for critical linux based servers.'''</font> | <font color="red">'''Please note:<br>The use of separate partitions for the /home and /var folders greatly facilitates disaster recovery and system stability and is generally accepted systems administration practice for critical linux based servers.'''</font> | ||
| − | + | ===Instructions=== | |
* Partition setup. '''Select manual.''' | * Partition setup. '''Select manual.''' | ||
* '''<font color="red">Take careful note of partition sizing in [[SUNScholar/Install Ubuntu/S01|Step 1]]</font>''' | * '''<font color="red">Take careful note of partition sizing in [[SUNScholar/Install Ubuntu/S01|Step 1]]</font>''' | ||
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[[File:Install-ubuntu-manual-partition.png]] | [[File:Install-ubuntu-manual-partition.png]] | ||
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| − | + | ===Partition Help=== | |
*http://ubuntuserverguide.com/2013/02/manual-disk-partition-guide-for-ubuntu-server-edition.html | *http://ubuntuserverguide.com/2013/02/manual-disk-partition-guide-for-ubuntu-server-edition.html | ||
* http://youtu.be/eSMMs4cfMqY<br>Partitioning 101 | * http://youtu.be/eSMMs4cfMqY<br>Partitioning 101 | ||
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*/dev/sda3 = '''/var''' - is the partition where the database and log files are stored. | */dev/sda3 = '''/var''' - is the partition where the database and log files are stored. | ||
*/dev/sda4 = '''/home''' - is the partition where the DSpace application and assetstore are located. | */dev/sda4 = '''/home''' - is the partition where the DSpace application and assetstore are located. | ||
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[[File:Install-ubuntu-partitions.png]] | [[File:Install-ubuntu-partitions.png]] | ||
'''[[SUNScholar/Install_Ubuntu/S03/DSpace_User|Next]]''' | '''[[SUNScholar/Install_Ubuntu/S03/DSpace_User|Next]]''' | ||
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Revision as of 17:36, 29 December 2013
Please note:
The use of separate partitions for the /home and /var folders greatly facilitates disaster recovery and system stability and is generally accepted systems administration practice for critical linux based servers.
Instructions
- Partition setup. Select manual.
- Take careful note of partition sizing in Step 1
Partition Help
- http://ubuntuserverguide.com/2013/02/manual-disk-partition-guide-for-ubuntu-server-edition.html
- http://youtu.be/eSMMs4cfMqY
Partitioning 101 - http://youtu.be/bVjzt_uriwE
Partitioning & Installing Ubuntu Server Part 1/2 - http://youtu.be/VAZRomlY8CE
Partitioning & Installing Ubuntu Server Part 2/2 - http://youtu.be/Garnfv2pf2s
Install ubuntu server 12.04 LTS - Also applies to 10.04 LTS
Example Setup
- /dev/sda1 = / - is the root/system partition.
- /dev/sda2 = is the swap partition and is not listed.
- /dev/sda3 = /var - is the partition where the database and log files are stored.
- /dev/sda4 = /home - is the partition where the DSpace application and assetstore are located.
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