Hi Ritesh! On Tue, 05 Oct 2004, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hi, > I've just purchased a laptop and will install debian onto it. I just > wanted your generous suggestions regarding installation. > > I am planning to use the following partition structure: > > /boot -- 150mb > /home -- 10GB > /usr -- 15GB > /usr/local -- 5GB > > I don't think having /tmp, /var etc on a laptop would be much > beneficial. Also since Debian already has most softwares packaged > /usr/local doesn't need be much big. And since I've a target to become a > DD soon, whatever I install into /usr/local will some time soon go into > /usr . > > I'll be using Maildir format for emails. So no /var tension. /home will > do that. > > Is there anything else I should be concerned for installation on a > laptop ? Any better suggestion ? If your /var dir is not big enough you will have problems with apt-get not having enough room to put downloaded packages. If your /tmp dir is not big enough you'll have problems downloading large files such as ISO's. The /tmp dir is where it is stored until the download finishes and it is written to where you wanted it put. You said nothing about your / partition. This is where /tmp and /var will be if you don't make them separate. -- "Do you have exactly what I want in a plaid poindexter bar bat??" --Zippy the Pinhead -- B. L. Jilek 52597432 | Reap the Freedom! Use Linux! | ICQ: 83785391 bljilek@topazcrow.com | Check out this site. | Yahoo: bljilek www.topazcrow.com | http://www.againsttcpa.com | AOL: brianleejilek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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