On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 13:09 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Just a word of warning regarding the new default partition sizes suggested > > by > > YaST. I have a 10GB root partition on my laptop and just went to install > > IBM > > Rational Software Architect. The install files take up around 2.5GB of > > space > > and the installed program itself takes another 2GB (I eliminated some of > > the > > options I didn't need) > > We could change the parameter for the calculation, currently we use 10 > GB as maximal size for root - but this is just one parameter to > change... > > So, what do others think? > > Andreas
It's only because you're asking it, and i surely don't want to start an unholy war on the subject, but i was in the impression that it was good practice to keep root as small as possible (leaving some space to breath) /boot also as small as possible, RO, or not mounted at all /var should be big enough for any data for spool/mail/log /usr & /opt big enough for binaries (should not grow normally) /tmp whatever one needs as playground /home & /srv as much as possible So why should the root partition be so big anyway????? Hans -- pgp-id: 926EBB12 pgp-fingerprint: BE97 1CBF FAC4 236C 4A73 F76E EDFC D032 926E BB12 Registered linux user: 75761 (http://counter.li.org) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
