Am Mi, den 07.07.2004 schrieb AdabalaP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx um 20:21: > I have a Compaq Presiaro 1277 (laptop), with 4.8 GB hard disk, 64 MB RAM, > 433 MHZ processor, ..... What should be my HD partition look > like (e.g. /, /usr, /home, ... SWAP) given the above. Given your HD size it's not easy to partition the HD. In a similiar situation I did: 40 mb for /boot (the install process complains, but you can ignore it savely. But you should have only 2-3 generation of kernels installed in parallel (i.e. delete very old kernels after an update) 130 mb for swap 3 gb for / and all dirs but /home you must perform a custom install and deselect all packages you don't need. After installation you may erase packages you don't need but could not deselect during installation. 1.xx gb for /home Having /home as a separate partition will make upgrades etc. much more less painful. But in your case it may be an alternative to keep /home in the / partition and to make a separate partition for the most important data and mount this partition as e.g. /home/work It may be easier to determine the needed space for this data partition as for the / partition and you gain a lot more flexibility. Peter
