On Thursday 30 January 2003 02:21 am, demon_jr808 wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Newbie question: > > I'm trying to determine how big my linux partitions should be. I have > around 2GB to work with and 128MB ram. > > I think I am going to go with the setup recommended in the documentation I > have. A different partition for root, home, etc. > > So, how should I determine what size to make each partition? > > Should all the partitions be relatively the same size or would it be more > effecient if some partitions are smaller than others, such as root? > > I am guessing that the partition that will be storing the most data should > be made the biggest, but I am wondering if there are better suggestions out > there.
Generally /usr grows the largest because it is the home of applications. Because you have just 2 gb, you may do yourself by not partitioning the drive into sub-partitions. If you make /var bigger than it has to be, it may come at the expense of the space of /usr which will limit the apps you can install. By using one / partition (and one swap partition) you can be sure that all the directories will equally share the 2gb. If you had, say, a 10gb drive, then I would say to divide into separate partitions and install, but with just 2gb there is a lot of room for frustration. scott
