Re: size of partitions worries me

["Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net>]

On 05/22/2007 04:41 PM, Dino Vliet wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I've managed to install debian etch on my amd64 system
> which I dualboot with FreeBSD. I installed it on a
> 57GB partition.
>
> I've chosen to let the installer recommend the
> partitions and their sizes and the result is:
>
> Bestandssysteem       Grtte Gebr Besch Geb%
> Aangekoppeld op
> /dev/sda2             259M  120M  126M  49% /
> tmpfs                 1,5G     0  1,5G   0%
> /lib/init/rw
> udev                   10M  100K   10M   1% /dev
> tmpfs                 1,5G     0  1,5G   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda9              41G  223M   39G   1% /home
> /dev/sda8             373M   11M  343M   3% /tmp
> /dev/sda5             4,6G  1,7G  2,7G  39% /usr
> /dev/sda6             2,8G  836M  1,8G  32% /var
>
> Epecially the size of the / partition worries me
> because I had the experience that in another os
> (ubuntu breezer) it filled up quickly.
>
> So what do you recommend? Should I reinstal and change
> the partition sizes? [...]

Yes, reinstall and specify the partition sizes yourself. It's a good 
idea to have multiple kernels available for use; if you manage to 
install three kernels, 259MB is going to be very tight.

Partition layouts are *very* difficult to fix after you've been using 
the system for a long time and have lots of not-backed-up data, so it's 
worth it to get it right the first time.