On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 10:58 +0530, Vimal Kumar wrote: > Help me to assess the size of following partition, > > /boot - > /root- > /var - > /usr - > /swap - > You really don't need the /boot, /var and /usr partitions if you intend to use the computer for your personal uses. These partitions are of more use when you want to use a machine as a server. What you really need are a /root, a /swap and a /home partition. The size of the /root partition depends on how many applications you intend to install. A CD install would need close to 2 GB. But if you intend to add applications, you will need to have more space, of course. A full DVD install would require something like 15 GB. The swap space is traditionally recommended to be two to two and a half times the RAM. But for most usual applications, when you have 1 GB RAM, 1 GB swap should be good enough. Your /home partition could be the rest of the space, or you could keep your /home partition smaller and devote the rest of the space for other purposes such as, for example, keeping media (sound, video) files. You need mount that partition only when you need to run the media files.
Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
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