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
--
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