On Saturday 29 Jun 2002 9:56 pm, Barry Michels wrote: > So, are there any recommendations on size for these different partitions? > I've got a 60gb drive that I want to dedicate to Linux. The 100GB and > 120GB are going to be for miscellaneous storage.
Recommendations? Hmm.. Well first of all remember that almost everyone changes their partitions when they upgrade because they got it wrong first time :-) Also *everyone* has their own opinion. There is no 'right way'. Here is what I have at present (and why) / 2.3GB 28% full /usr 6.5GB 30% full (almost every app goes in here so it needs to be big) /usr/src 2.6GB 24% full (most people do not have a /usr/src partition. I keep one because I like to keep copies of all RPMs not on the install CDs that I have installed here. That way I can reinstall those apps very quickly after an upgrade) /home 8GB 21% full derek > > Barry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 4:43 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Pro's & con's for separate partitions? > > > On Saturday 29 Jun 2002 9:21 pm, Barry Michels wrote: > > > The way I look at it, if I run out of space somewhere and have more > > space > > > > on another partition, I'm screwed, right? So, isn't it better to have > > one > > > > big / partiton? > > > > You are correct. That is why my laptop which only has a 2G HD uses one > > big > > '/' > > > partition. You can resize and move partitions, but that is obviously a > > pain. > > > > What's the benefit to having separate /, /home, /var, etc? > > > > You will notice the benefit to separate /home /opt and /etc directories > > when > > > you upgrade to Mandrake 9.0. Performing an 'upgrade' to a distro is still > > not > > > as reliable as users would like, and many people are more comfortable > > with > > a > > > fresh install right down to reformatting the partitions. If you have just > > one > > > big '/' partition that would mean you would lose all your user data in > > /home, > > > all your configuration settings in /etc and all your 'extra' applications > > you > > > mat have put in /opt. So by having separate partitions you can reformat > > '/' > > > and '/usr' without destroying all the other data. > > Also if you were running a heavy duty server you would want to have > > different > > > partitions to optimise HD performance, but that is not usually a > > consideration in a desktop system. > > > > derek
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