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Re: Partition size



Mark L. Kahnt wrote:

> On my 40 GB drive, I went with:
>
> /	1 GB
> swap	1/2 GB
> /opt	2 GB
> /usr	8 GB
> /var	4 GB
> /home	24 GB

I read in the Debian installation manual (v.3.0.24, 24th May 2002
section 6.4) that partitions greater than about 6Gb should be avoided.
Does anyone know if this true? If so, why?

Cheers,

Chris.
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