If your existing system is about what you want except for partitioning you can figure it out for yourself.
This example assumes you're starting with one large partition and want to calculate sizes for the same system using multiple partitions. 1) decide on which partitions to use: - root swap - usr - usr/local - home for example. Some clever souls use a /logs partition (or /var/logs...) so that runaway log files won't fill up /. 2) Calculate your present disk usage: % cd /; du -sk . <gets space used by entire filesystem> % cd /usr; du -sk . % cd /usr/local; du -sk . ... 3) Do some creative subtraction: space needed by root for above example is: root - usr - home usr needs usr - usr/local ... 4) Do some creative addition or multiplication to calculate how much additional space to alot in each partiton beyond present usage (crystal ball-land.) HTH, --emk > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:20:58 -0400 (EDT) > From: Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Partition sizes - again... > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I know this was asked not too long ago. I ignored it since I didn't > intend on putting Win95 back on my computer. That changed since wine > doesn't yet support some software I need to use. > > Anyway. I've never even thought of running Linux across partitions so if > anyone has a good layout for root - usr partitions I would be > appreciative. > > I want to keep the partitions on one drive in an 800MB space. I want to > keep root as lean as possible with a little room for upgrade expansion and > use the rest for /usr and whatever other directories might need room to > grow. > > Thanks, > > --Rick > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
