On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 22:25, Thomas Cameron wrote: > OK, let's examine the logic behind the partition scheme Sobell lays out: > > /boot 100 megabytes > / 500 megabytes > (swap) two times the amount of ram > /home As large as necessary, depends upon # of users > /tmp Minimum 100 megabytes > /usr Minimum 1.7 - 5.5 GB depending what I install > /var Minimum 500 Megabytes > > I wouldn't usually contradict Mark Sobell, but since you are just setting up > a small system for educational purposes, I would do this: > > /boot (200MB) > swap (512MB) > / (the whole rest of the drive) > > And here's why: Yes, there is some small danger of logfiles or runaway > processes filling up your root partition, but in the 10 years I've been > running Linux I've only seen that on servers, never on a laptop. If you do > this then you can use all of the remaining part of your hard drive. You'll > never run into the situation where /home has tons of free space but you > guessed wrong and /usr is full and you can't install new software. In my > opinion (which is only worth what you've paid for it), the risks are far > outweighed by the benefit of not having to take guesses at what your disk > usage will be. For personal laptops and desktop systems I concur! If you are setting up a server that will have multiple users breaking up things into physical file systems has merit, but for personal single user use the setup you outline above is what I have been using for many years with no problems. I have in the distant past run into the problem of having to expand a critical file system because the services the machine provide out grew the original partition plan. It is not fun to do. Believe me. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Justice, n.: A decision in your favor.
