Re: Partition Scheme
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?
I think /usr and /var should each be on the order of 2 GB (perhaps 3 GB
for /usr) unless you plan to run a very limited system. You may also
want to break parts of /usr or /var out into their own filesystems. For
example, you can make /usr read-only if you move any parts of it that
you may want to write to (e.g. /usr/src or /usr/local/src) into other
partitions.
Consider that /home is where most work will be done. Is 100MB per user
really adequate? My personal home directory uses about 750 MB at the
moment, and that's after moving the digital music and photos out to a
separate directory that all local users can read. (The family photos are
about a gig currently, and the Ogg Vorbis/MP3 collection is about 6.5
gig,)
/tmp is somewhat debatable. Many people say you only need 100 MB or
less, but in practice I find that some programs still use it for things
like streaming media and downloads-in-progress, so I gave it about 800
MB (1% of the 80GB drive -- not much loss).
Craig
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