Problem with your partitions is that your assuming someone has a big drive to dedicate.. He only has 7gig and this would be a huge problem if he did it this way..
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Truelsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions on partitions sizes and > whatdirectories to mount? > > > On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:20:53 +0200 > Jan Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have an about 7 GB for Gentoo Linux allocated. How many > partitions > > > do you people have for your Linux installation, what directories > > > mounted and what your suggestions on partition's size. Thanks. > > > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hde3 2016016 654504 1259100 35% / > /dev/hde5 1007960 16452 940304 2% /tmp > /dev/hde6 5039560 144688 4638868 4% /var > /dev/hde7 5039560 1350156 3433400 29% /usr > /dev/hde8 5039560 78668 4704888 2% /home > /dev/hde9 5039560 32828 4750728 1% /backup > /dev/hde10 99521 4147 90235 5% /chroot > /dev/hde11 33864652 19688696 12455732 62% /media > none 128416 0 128416 0% /dev/shm > > > -- > Ian Truelsen > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: ihtruelsen > Homepage: http://www.ihtruelsen.dyndns.org > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list