Hey Bob you'll probably get lots of different responses, but my two cents are:
2GB swap 20GB / everything else /home Scott On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:15, Bob Scofield<[email protected]> wrote: > I'm planning to install Linux on my wife's computer because she does not like > Vista. I'm going to create a dual boot and will have 111GB for Linux. > > I am thinking of a simple partitioning system with separate partitions for: > > / > /home > swap > > My wife has 2GB of RAM, and I was thinking of making swap 4GB. > > My first question is how big should / be? On my desktop it's 8GB, and on my > laptop it's 13GB. I'm not anywhere near using up the space on either of > those machines. How about 13GB? > > I notice that my desktop has a separate partition for /tmp. Should I create a > separate /tmp partition for my wife? If so, how big should it be? > > Is there any special difficulty in creating a dual boot system with Vista? > > Thank you. > > Bob > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
