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Re: Partitioning Scheme for New 120GB Hard Drive -- Comments?



>M.Kirchhoff wrote:
> I've been using GNU/Linux now for 18 months, and Debian for about 12.
> Currently, my workstation hard drive is partitioned simply:
> 
> /dev/hda1 => /
> /dev/hda2 => swap
> 
> I just purchased a new 120GB IDE drive, however, and would like to
> partition it more effectively, now that I'm more comfortable with
> Debian and GNU/Linux in general.
> 
> Here's my proposed scheme, based on Karsten's guide--out-of-date, but
> useful nonetheless:
> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html 
> 
> 20GB  => WinXP (unless by some stroke of fortuity Half-Life2 is
> ported to Linux) 150MB => /
> 100MB => /boot
> 1GB   => /tmp
> 1GB   => swap
> 1GB   => /var
> 20GB  => /usr
> 5GB   => /usr/local
> ~70GB => /home
> 
> Notes about my usage:
> 1. I'm not a programmer. The most hacking I do is basic bash
> scripting. 
> 2. I do play games, mostly on the Windows side. However, newer games
> are more often being ported to Linux (Everquest, Unreal, etc.), so
> I'd like room to grow for those typically large installations.
> 3. I'm not running any servers on this box (mail, apache, etc.).
> Those are all hosted elsewhere.
> 
> Does this look like a suitable configuration? Any suggested
> adjustments? I know that partitioning schemes have been generically
> discussed ad nauseam, so I tried to be as specific as possible about
> my usage. 
> 
> Thanks as always
> --M. Kirchhoff

I would start with a 2 Gig partition for var and also use a seperate
partition for /home.
Also take a look at LVM, it lets you enlarge or shrink partitions on
the fly so when you are running out of space on a partition, you just
add unclaimed space from the disk.
Very nice to work with.

Regards,
Benedict



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