SUNScholar/Install Ubuntu/S03/Disk Partitioning

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 /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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