I got a new hard drive today. (yay!) It is 160 GB Maxtor and I don't know how to chop it up.....
Currently I have a 40 GB: /dev/hda1 275 MB /boot /dev/hda5 6.44 GB / /dev/hda6 8.64 GB /usr /dev/hda7 400 MB swap /dev/hda8 11.06 GB /home /dev/hda9 10.49 GB /misc (partition for storing downloads, backups, and other random stuff)
I would like to keep the same general partitioning scheme, but I don't know whether I should have it in so many pieces. If I just have a /boot, /, and a /misc, then everything can share in one large partition and I wouldn't have to worry about being low on space for one and tons of space on another. (my /home is tight on space, but my /usr has about 5 GB free)
Sorry if this is confusing, but if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate them...
With 160GB, it doesn't really matter how you chop it up, you'll still have loads of room. I'd put a bit more into /usr just in case you want to install some new application larger than anything yet known, and divide the rest between /home and /misc. You might want to have another partition for /etc (I'm told this means you can do an install without scratching your existing settings, but I've never tried it).
Sir Robin
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Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey
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