> > So, I make a guess: > > For my first time installation: > 1.7GB hard disk, 98MB RAM > > > -NT40, Win95 (Im not sure about this) > -Staroffice > -ME10, ProE (CAD Software) > -Excel > -Neoplanet (Net Browser) > -CorelDraw7 > -Some Games (WingCommander, Forsakken) > -other stuff (collecting pictures) > > I decided to partition my hard disk into: > /boot 50MB > /home 50MB (maybe more) > /root 50MB > /var 150MB (maybe more) > /usr 700MB > /etc 50MB > /swap 128MB > /dos 200MB > /tmp 50MB > --------------------- > Sum. 1428MB -> rest: 270MB for ??? > > Would this be a good idea? Any criticism welcome!!! >
I think your hard disk is rather small to contain both Windows and linux, especially if all these applications you mention are Windows apps. To make optimum use of the disk it is a bad idea to have a lot of partitions, because each one will leave you with a rest space that would be more useful if it combined with the free space on the other partitions. My suggestion would be something like /dos: 800 MB /swap: 128 MB /: rest Remember you can write stuff on a vfat partition (Windows) from linux easily. On the other hand you cannot use the linux partitions from windows, so you may want to make /dos even bigger for more flexibility. You only really need a /boot partition if your disk has more than 1024 (1023?) cylinders in LBA mode. If it doesn't, you don't need it. If it does, but you put Windows 9x on the computer, you can use loadlin instead of lilo and you don't need a separate /boot either. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054