On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Michael Wahl wrote: [snip] > I decided to partition my hard disk into: > /boot 50MB
about 2-3 would have done. I left mine on / . The main reason you'd separate it is to have it under the 540MB limit/1024 Cylinder limit on some old BIOS's. > /home 50MB (maybe more) More would be an advantage > /root 50MB leave it on the / partition. its not likely you'll have root using a lot of space in his/her home dir. > /var 150MB (maybe more) I think that would be about right. > /usr 700MB Yep. > /etc 50MB Leave this on / too... files in it are needed for boot, and for mounting partitions. Chicken and Egg. Go figure. > /swap 128MB Yep. > /dos 200MB ?? What for? > /tmp 50MB I'd leave it on / > --------------------- > Sum. 1428MB -> rest: 270MB for ??? /home or /usr Mine is so: / - 200MB /usr - 800MB works like a charm. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A feature is a bug with seniority. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out!