I got a new hard drive today. (yay!) It is 160 GB Maxtor and I don't know how to chop it up.....

Currently I have a 40 GB:
/dev/hda1       275 MB          /boot
/dev/hda5       6.44 GB         /
/dev/hda6       8.64 GB         /usr
/dev/hda7       400 MB          swap
/dev/hda8       11.06 GB        /home
/dev/hda9       10.49 GB        /misc (partition for storing downloads,
                                        backups, and other random stuff)

I would like to keep the same general partitioning scheme, but I don't know whether I should have it in so many pieces. If I just have a /boot, /, and a /misc, then everything can share in one large partition and I wouldn't have to worry about being low on space for one and tons of space on another. (my /home is tight on space, but my /usr has about 5 GB free)

Sorry if this is confusing, but if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate them...

thanks,
john

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