Easy one
/boot needs 10-15 Meg depending on how many times or how much you are going to
play with the kernel. never bigger than 20
/ or known as root I usually use 1-2 gig depending on what I want to do - this
is most of the OS
I usually also use a /usr most programs install to subdirectory under that so
it depends how much software you are going to install 2-3 gig
The rest I use /home you will find you web documents under /home/httpd and all
your user setting are kept under this, if you install software as a user it
will also go under /home/....... File managers also default to the users home
so I would say 2 - whatever is left.
with /home you never have to worry about user data when reloading even with
another distribution you just mount this partition as the /home and don't
format. When you log in as the same user you will have most of your setting
exactly as you had them ie: Color, theme and desktop icons, all data such as
mail and documents will still be where they are.
/swap never bigger than 128 Meg I've never seen the system use more than that
with top.
Take note that everything depends on what you want to do. I found this rule
best for me.
Brake down
/boot 10-15 Meg
/ 1-2 Gig
/usr 2-3 Gig
/home 2-rest Gig
/swap 128 Meg
On Wed, 03 May 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know this will probably spark a huge debate, BUT:
>
> I have a 20gb drive, and am already running Micro$oft Windows 98.
>
> Although a newbie to Linux, I know PCs very well, and have worked in the
> industry for several years.
>
> My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I
> would like to know what the best way to bust it up for partitioning and
> mounting; IE I would like a list of partition sizes and mount points
> that you fairly efficient for a utilitarian machine. In learning
> Linux, I want to dabble in everything, and tinker with it all,
> including a web server at some point. Nothing large-scale or fancy,
> just a setup that will give me enough room to play around.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Olson
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