On Wednesday 28 January 2004 07:01 am, Ron Herardian wrote: > Hello, > > When installing everything and allowing for future updates and > packages I am using the following disk layout: > > Mount Point Size > /boot 100MB > / 500MB > /usr 4GB > /var 2GB > swap 2x physical RAM, e.g., 1GB > /home TBD, e.g., 1GB per user > /opt TBD/catchall [3rd party servers will be installed > here] > > I want to have enough space on required partitions but not waste > space on infrequently modified filesystems where add-on packages > will probably not go. > > I'd like to get an idea what other folks are doing in terms of disk > layouts. What are the best practices? > > Ron 4GB /usr might be a little tight, depending on what you like to install. I'm sitting on a 5GB /usr right now, but I have a lot of stuff in /usr/local and I don't use /opt. Regards, John
