On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 03:36:10PM +0200, Julio Merino (juli@merino.net) wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 08:32:48PM -0400, Rob wrote: > > > Hey, im about to install deb2.2, can anyone recommend a specific > > partitioning scheme? > > > > Like if im willing to allocate 20 gigs. I figured id just do 128 for /swap, > > and the rest to /, but ive had friends tell me they do other partitions like > > /boot, /user, and /home. What do you guys recommend ? > > > > Also, im dual booting next to win2k(dont flame my, I have to do 3d > > rendering), will I need to make a special boot partition for LILO? I've > > heard something about /mbr which I dont understand. > > > > Will someone clarify this stuff for me? Thanks! > > Some days ago we discussed something like this about me... I have > bought a 20 GB disk and at last done the partitions as follow: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2 202226 19644 172140 10% / > /dev/hda5 497829 17 472110 0% /tmp > /dev/hda6 1011928 30252 930272 3% /var > /dev/hda7 5044156 236828 4551096 5% /usr > /dev/hda8 3028080 157432 2716828 5% /usr/local > /dev/hda10 1011928 10612 949912 1% /home > /dev/hda11 5653028 305180 5060688 6% /misc > > Also /dev/hda1 is a 3 GB disk for kk95 (games) and /dev/hda9 is a 200 > MB swap partition. Interesting, but IMO wasteful. You're utilizing less than 20 MB of your 200 MB root partition. /tmp is far larger than I've ever needed, though this could change -- I typically use about 50-90% of my 300 MB /var. You're using 5% of /usr -- 236 MB of 5 GB, and 5% of /usr/local (157 MB of 3 GB). Then there's that /misc partition. Suppose you went with something more like: Partition Allocated Used % Used Mounted ---------------------------------------------------------- /dev/hda2 40 MB 19 MB 48% / /dev/hda5 100 MB 0 MB 0% /tmp /dev/hda6 1,000 MB 30 MB 3% /var /dev/hda7 2,000 MB 236 MB 12% /usr /dev/hda8 2,000 MB 157 MB 8% /usr/local /dev/hda10 11,360 MB 10 MB 0% /home ---------------------------------------------------------- total 16,500 MB ========================================================== This should give you room to grow in /usr and /usr/local (up /usr by a GB if you think you'll need it), and gives you a nice, fat, unbroken 11.36 GB in /home to stash your pr0n, MP3s and stuff <g>. It's like buying an additional 8 GB of disk, for free. We've gotten rid of /misc. My own utilization on a fairly mature (eg: stable) system. /usr is a bit tight for my preferences, and I wish I could put /usr/doc and /usr/src under it. Maybe next time I do a disk reorg. Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/root 152247 44522 99863 31% / /dev/sdb5 101089 3468 92402 4% /tmp /dev/sdb6 303344 162252 125431 57% /var /dev/hda5 495960 32092 438268 7% /var/spool/news /dev/sda5 1209572 1070996 77132 94% /usr /dev/sdb7 1517920 1244852 195960 87% /usr/local /dev/hda8 253775 160442 80231 67% /usr/doc /dev/hda6 249871 167565 69406 71% /usr/src /dev/sda7 585008 385704 169588 70% /home -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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