Guys still you havent given any good advice... Im no user of SuSe, just Ubuntu for desktop and CentOS for servers.
Here is my manual setup of my desktop with WinXP * /boot 100MB - I really create a partition for this one, make sure I can boot up my box even though others get full * /tmp 2-4GB - I am a developer, most of the time, I use the default temp folder as read/write folder for different activity. This will make sure that my main partition will not get full if ever I got a endless loop app that writes on file.. geez. lol * /home or /root 5-10GB - where you personal files should sit down. Me I am using /home/<username> on one of my ubuntu home desktop to use NTFS or FAT format, this partition is also being use on my WinXP pointed to be as 'My Documents' folder. * /swap 2GB - when my box in hyper mode (toxic) it reaches only upto 85% usage, never recorded of higher than that.. Try running VM/Virtual Box to see what I mean. But not higher as 4GB... useless for me.. * / for everthing else you would like to feed your box from the REPO, maybe including VM hard drive space. lol * WINXP partition, set it to 30GB to hold my windows Apps and games.. lol Have to have both, im a developer, wish I had a mac also. lol Hope this one help though cheers. On Feb 23, 8:26 pm, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. Too much swap can actually slow down your computer. I advise > equal to or less than your physical RAM. Many people advise twice your > RAM, but with today's W7 computers coming with 4 - 8 GBs as standard > the old recommendations need to be downgraded. As Jeremiah says you > can adjust it later. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > On 23 February 2011 06:52, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I totally disagree on the 5GB of swap. That is way too much. Zach, try this: > > After you have had your computer running for half the day and have been > > using it just as long, run the "free" command from a console window and > > check the results. You'll see how much actual swap is being used, I promise > > it won't be much at all even with several of your common programs running. > > There are ways to increase your "swapiness", but you'll find out that is > > will slow your machine down a bit (HD storage rather than RAM storage), even > > though you can run more programs at once. > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 01:48, Zachary Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hello Monti.I'm no guru, but based on my experience you want the actual > >> install partition to be roughly 18 Gb and then use up what ever is left as > >> your home partition for files and such. If your on a laptop. then you may > >> want ot make a swap partition with about 5 Gb. Again, I am by no means a > >> linux guru, but this has been the advice given to me and has worked > >> beautifully for me personally. > >> Good luck with SuSE, and hope this helped. > > >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:37 PM, AliLasVegas <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >>> Hi, I want to install SuSE 11.3 to dual boot with WIN7. How much > >>> space would I designate for Linux if I want to only use 50GB of Hard > >>> Drive space? How would I go about sizing and partitioning the hard > >>> drive...I have a 640GB HDD with Windoze on it and a 2TB drive almost > >>> naked... > > >>> Kindest Regards, > > >>> Monti > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > >>> Group. > >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> For more options, visit our group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > >> -- > >> check out my site for updates about random things and the ability to shout > >> at me. > >>https://sites.google.com/site/kalem333 > >> I work on it everyday, so I swear it will get better everytime you visit. > >> Unless I contract some horrible sickness or get attacked by a bear. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > >> Group. > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > >> For more options, visit our group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
