Actually, thats plenty of space. I generally have 20G allocated for /, but I'm generally at around 4G, including /home. Infact I recursively downloaded all arch packages, and it was just over 6G.
On 6/21/05, j l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Michael Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have some questions about howto setup a (kinda) > > optimal partitioning > > for my 160GB (~153GB) harddrive > > > > I figured something like: > > C:\ 15GB winXP ntfs > > D:\ 110 GB data fat32 > > /boot 64MB > > / 15GB > > /home 10GB > > > > My questions are as follows: > > * Do I have enough room for arch? > > * Should I have D as above or would it be better to > > have one 100GB ntfs > > partition and one 10-20GB fat32 partition for > > exchanging data? > > > > greatful for all advice/hints > > > > /michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > 200G partition: > > hda1 32m dos /boot > hda2 150G / linux everything > hda3 40g laptop backup image > hda4 1g swap or something else > > The 32m dos /boot is all that is needed. Remember > that using a journaled fs takes about 32m for the > journal. > > then some day when I get round to it, i will > virtualize hda1 and all those partitioning questions > are out the window. > > Talking of window, it is too much trouble and a total > waste of time so i dont know anything about it and I > cant help you there. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Sports > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
