Usually for desktop purposes, 3 partitions should suffice; in your case a / partition of size 10 - 15 GB, a swap partition of size 2 GB and a home partition as required to keep your personal belongings.
best/harish 2010/1/11 Vimal Kumar <[email protected]> > Dear Friends, > > I have a machine with 80 GB hard disc and 1GB RAM. > I would like to install Karmic Koala. > Help me to assess the size of following partition, > > /boot - > /root- > /var - > /usr - > /swap - > > with thanks, > > > -- > Vimal Kumar V. > Asst. Librarian > Asian School of Business > Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 > Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr > Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in > > OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" > -Patrick White > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > >
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