On Thursday 22 July 2004 02:38 pm, - - s r b - - wrote: > Sam Tregar wrote: > >I'm not an official source, but I'd lay it out like this: > > > > /boot 100MB > > swap 1024MB > > / everything else > > > >The /boot partition is useful to work around problems some BIOS have > >with booting a kernel that's too far into the disk (past 8GB, if > >memory serves). 1GB of swap is generally right for 512MB of memory. > >Then I just partition the rest as one big / partition. > > I'd agree except for the swap size. I'd just make it equal to your RAM > size. UNLESS you know you are going to use a lot of memory for a certain > function. > > -- > - - s r b - - > mozilla|mozilla > firefox|thunderbird Could someone please explain the need for a 100MB /boot? Mine is currently holding 8MB of files, with 92MB wasted. -- Regards, John Wendel
