> How to partition exactly? I have a 6o GB HD (master) > and a 6 GB HD (slave) and want to install Debian and > Windows ME with either LILO or GRUB as boot loader. I > have seen suggested to make different partitions for > /mbr, /usr, /usr/local, /var, /home, > and /tmp. Plus I will need at least one or two for Windows.
Take advice of this guy who is writting you right now and who in fact havent partitioned properly: bash-2.03$ df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 705352 38264 631256 6% / /dev/hda5 2015464 1506096 406984 79% /usr /dev/hda6 1007936 386444 570288 40% /var /dev/hda2 4053487 1914207 1929566 50% /home As you see I left too much space for / which now is a waste (well I could symlink but thats dirty and you dont want that).. that space would have been much better in /usr /var hasnt been too a very good choice.. in fact very bad, for a nntp server or mail server it would be a good choice but for a workstation is not.. So see that maybe you want to put as much room as possible into /usr bash-2.03$ du -s /usr 1506096 /usr bash-2.03$ du -s /usr/local 118096 /usr/local bash-2.03$ du -s /usr/share 505684 /usr/share bash-2.03$ du -s /usr/src 280356 /usr/src bash-2.03$ du -s /usr/lib/ 305924 /usr/lib So... the best.. well now I will do the following: let far less room for / let far more room for /usr and /usr/local less room for /var And as ever the more room for /home the best.. Take your own conclusions.. since I am not goint to reinstall my whole system.. I will survive untill I will get a brand new 40-80 Gbytes HD. Hope this help ;) Regards Roberto ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://vivaldi.dhis.org Powered by GNU running on a Linux kernel. Powered by Debian (The real wonder) Concerto Grosso Op. 3/8 A minor Antonio Vivaldi (so... do you need beautiful words?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------