Hmm... This is highly debatable... Mine depend highly on what I am doing. My servers 
have AT LEAST 5 partitions.. But Desktops can get away with less.. (I think)

Server:
/var    - about 500meg 
/       - about 1gig
/usr    - about 3.5gig
/home   - about 2gig
/boot   - about 250 meg

Desktop 
/boot - about 250 meg
/       - rest or 2gig
/usr    - if you want it to be seperate, the rest

I know its a tade over 7gig, hence the "abouts"

if you use tmpwatch for your two tmp areas, you shouldn't run out of room.. I have 
never ran out of disk space... Problem is, your /home drive may need more depending on 
your needs. I just don't need a lot. You really have to figure out this by personal 
preference... My server is a 6 gig drive.. I don't  know if a desktop machine can 
survive on 7 gig with to many partitions. So I would suggest the desktop option if 
that's what your doing. Your not telling us a lot of important information so the 
numbers about could be off depending on what your doing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walther The Writer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [gentoo-user] Suggestions on partitions sizes and what
> directories to mount?
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> Hi all,
> 
> I have an about 7 GB for Gentoo Linux allocated. How many partitions
> do you people have for your Linux installation, what 
> directories mounted
> and what your suggestions on partition's size. Thanks.
> 
> Walther.
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