Hi, S.: The output of 'df' might be more meaningful.
If you mounted sda7 as / and mounted sda1 as /boot Would it satisfy all your free space concerns? :-| HTH, Chuck "S. Barret Dolph" wrote: > > I am probably getting too picky about repartitioning my drive but I want it to > be set up for a long time. I never use all the space in my harddrive even > though it is relatively small. (I only use it for work and don't play any > games.) > > Questions...... > > My old setup > > sda1 / 1g > sda5 /swap 1024k (512ram) > sda6 /usr 6g > sda7 /home 10g > > I will be using Sourcemage which puts sources in /var so I have been thinking > about taking 3g out of home and making a /var of 3g. > > I will probably take another 3 out of home and add it to usr/ but that is > probably overkill. Neither use too much. > > I am confused about where /swap should go. I have a SCSI drive and from what I > read that should be on the outside. So should I put /swap at sda8? (Given > that I have added /var.) > > I had a /home because it was convenient to upgrade with CD's when I only had a > 56 modem. Now that I am using a source based installation is the /home > unnecessary as I am the only user. > > Is having a /tmp partition necessary? probably - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
