On Jan 7, 2016, at 9:07 PM, Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> wrote:
> * Patryk Hanckowiak <patha...@gmail.com> [2015-07-24 00:58]: >> The guided LVM encrypted partitioning layout does not create a separate /usr >> partition and creates a 8-10 GB / (root) partition. This happens in both >> separate /var, /tmp, /home installer option and separate /home option - >> guided encrypted LVM. You end up with a 8-10 GB / (root) (which includes the >> /usr partition) and this seems too small for a desktop system. If you don't >> want to give the user the option of a separate / (root) partition, for some >> reason, / (root) has to be assigned more space. > > How large should the maximum size of / be in your opinion? > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > http://www.cyrius.com/ I haven’t seen a combined root, /usr, /var, /tmp (with separate /home) partition get above 20GB, but if I had to pick a “maximum” beyond which would require manual intervention, I’d go to at least 30GB. Remember, most desktop machines these days come standard with a 1TB - 2TB drive. Reserving 1.5% - 3% for the system files doesn’t seem unreasonable… As for “minimum”, below which would require manual intervention, I’d allow at least 4 GB. Remember, you can always get whatever size you need by choosing manual partitioning. Just my opinion, Rick
