The /usr partition is in fact where 99% of all programs are installed, and the / (root) partition can be as little as 300 megs, but this is done in this fashion simply for the purposes of storing configuration files (/etc) and other system related items (sometimes /var as well where logs are usually stored). Also, this can help increase security as well if configured properly. Although a word of advice, being that your drive space is quite limited, I would lower the size of your swap space to no more than 64 megs simply because with a 200mh system, what are you going to run that would require 250+ megs of ram? Odds are that your 64megs will rarely get touched anyhow!
Cory Grey Coastal Pacific Xpress www.cpx.ca (604) 575-0983 -----Original Message----- From: Dan W. Dooley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 5:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Partition size question << File: message.footer >> I'm brand new to Linux and new to this list. Been playing around for last couple of weeks with an install of Mandrake 8.2. The hardware is an older HP Vectra. 200 MHz Pent.; 80 meg RAM; integrated video (S3 Trio); one 1.5 G, and one 1.2 G hard drive. The 1.5 G drive is partitioned with a (about) 800 meg NT partition, a Linux / partition of almost 500 meg and a Linux swap of about 170 m. The second drive (slave on the IDE channel) is entirely the /usr partition. I've reinstalled Linux several times. Each as an experiment and learning tool. During the package install phase, the installer tells me I have about 1200 or so mb to install the packages in. That appears to be the /usr partition as it's followed the sizing of that partition each time I've varied it. So, if all installed apps go into that partition, what takes up the room in the root partition? The documentation says that about 300 mb is generally enough for the / partition. Is there no room for anything else on this partition? Dan W. Dooley WB5TKA Bedford, Texas e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web address: http://www.qsl.net/wb9tka May Goddes love blest ye alle
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