Re: Partition Scheme
On Monday 16 September 2002 6:49 pm, David Sanders wrote:
> I am installing Debian 3.0 Woody on a new machine with a 80GB hard drive
> and 512MB of RAM. It will be used as a workstation. I have read the
> installation manual, but still have questions about partitioning the disk.
> Minimum values are usually given, but no discussion of max or optimal
> sizes. The following are given in
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-partitioning.en.html
> / 100MB
> /usr 500MB
> /home 100MB per user
> /var 300-500MB
> /tmp 20-50MB
>
> What would be the appropriate and desirable scheme for an 80GB disk?
>
> David
/var will have logs on it and it will be a great idea to keep it on a
partition by itself.
/usr and /usr/local are a good idea.
/opt can have various packages on it.. Netscape, word processors., etcf
/home can require lots of room depending on what is being done.
HTH
Marvin
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