Re: Random partitioning questions
On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 10:11:22AM -0500, Brad wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 12:03:39AM -0500, Brad wrote:
> > > 1. If i understand things correctly, /, /boot, /lib, /bin, /sbin, /dev,
> > > parts of /etc, and maybe /root should be on one partition below the
> > > 1024th cyl for hysterical reasons, which do apply in my case. Do i
> > > understand correctly?
> >
> > Yes, pretty much. My hard drive/BIOS has some bizarre LBA system
> > where my 8.4GB drive has only got 1024 cylinders, so it's not a
> > problem - maybe the same applies to most modern BIOSes?
>
> Since it's very little trouble to keep it under, i'm going to do it to be
> sure things will work.
I wouldn't worry about wasting a bit of space on the / partition... it's
probably the most difficult to fix when you run out of space, so go ahead
and give it 300-400M. Mine is 500M and runs about 24% used (/home
included).
>
> > > 3. How about sizes for other partitions? /home i'm thinking 750M
> > > (personal workstation, 6 users that are just different mailing
> > > addresses for me), 1G for /var (with /tmp -> /var/tmp, is that a
> > > bad idea?), 2.1G for /usr.
> >
> > Apart from /var being a tad large (are you running a news server?)
> > that sounds about right.
>
> i'll have /tmp linked into /var/tmp, so i was thinking it should be a
> little large... But maybe i will cut it down to 700M. There seems to be an
> art to sizing partitions, which is why i cast out for opinions.
I'd probably split that 1G into 2 partitions... 500M is enough for most
users for /var... you can always use an extra 500M partition at some
later date, if a partition runs low on space, or you decide to add a
/pub or something.
The 2G for /usr sounds about right... I've got 1.8G at about 50% used...
that includes a partial mirror of potato in /usr/local/debian. I set
a symlink to it from /var/cache/apt/archives so everything I download
through dselect gets saved there.
>
> > If you're going to install something like
> > StarOffice, make sure you do it in /usr, though, not $HOME/SO5.1/ or
> > whatever it suggests.
>
> Done that, the /net option is my friend. I don't see any reason to stick
> it in /home when i have root access to /usr to install it anyway.
>
Oh yeah, my /usr includes both SO3.5 and WP8 in /usr/local.
>
> Thanks for the commants!
>
>
To sum it up... it looks like you've got it pretty well figured out,
although I'd DEFINITELY allow more for the / partition. Better safe
than sorry ;)
Mike
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