On Thursday 16 March 2006 14:09, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Just a word of warning regarding the new default partition sizes > > suggested by YaST. I have a 10GB root partition on my laptop and just > > went to install IBM Rational Software Architect. The install files take > > up around 2.5GB of space and the installed program itself takes another > > 2GB (I eliminated some of the options I didn't need) > > We could change the parameter for the calculation, currently we use 10 > GB as maximal size for root - but this is just one parameter to > change... > > So, what do others think?
I use one large partition for everything. Whenever I reinstall (every SUSE alpha/beta): 1. I mount the partition during installation ([Ctrl+Alt+F2] gives me a console 2. delete everything except /home2 (where I keep my data) 3. umount 4. carry on with installation 5. in the yast partitioner I select "Do not format" for the root partition. Having more that one partition on a desktop system is an unnecessary complication IMHO. It wastes space (because no partition will ever be 100% full) and can get you into the sort of trouble like the OP had. So I keep it simple. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
