Hello everybody. I am about ready to install Debian, and I am trying to decide how to partition my HD. I have 1 gig and I am thinking of something like this:
BootManager 1 C: 100 FAT NT 1 80 NTFS / 16 ext2 SWAP 64 ext2/FAT (shared between NT & Linux) /usr 200 ext2 /usr/local 200 ext2 /home 100 ext2 /var 50 ext2 NT 2 120 NTFS GAMES: 100 FAT I have the following questions for you: Does this seem reasonable to you? Should I make /tmp separate? Is 16 meg really sufficient for / with /tmp on it? Where should Swap be for optimal performance in Linux (NT seems to be able to handle swapping very well regardless, so it shouldn't matter there)? Should I make /var smaller (I want to have a very small newsfeed on it though)? Is /usr too small/large? Is there a lot of software refusing to install anywhere but /usr? Basically, how should I split space between /usr and /usr/local/? Thank you in advance Gleb PS I think it will be easier for me to d/l Debian from NT (than after installing basic system), however since normal Linux kernel does not support NTFS (and I will need gcc to add alpha NTFS driver to it, and I won't have gcc on those 5 disks :-) I will have to put d/l on fat partitions, meaning 8.3 filenames. Will these "cut" filenames matter in any way during installation? PPS If you are wondering why I don't have Linux on my HD right now to d/l stuff onto ext2 filesystems -- NT killed the entire HD during installation :-(
