I have to agree wiht ralph however i tend to also have a /home partition, so in case of re-installing linux of one flavour or another all my personal directory and look/feel remains he sanme -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Winslow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2001 15:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLU] Correct Partition Sizes On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, TODD WITTER wrote: As the only user of a workstation, I don't really see the value of even a separate /usr partition; old hacker that I am, I get by nicely with just / and swap (and a slice for WinDoze on my work machine to appease the boss). I'm always there when I install; if I fill a slice during install or upgrade, I deal with it on the spot. Were I to create another slice, I'd put /var on it anyway. > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:45:53 CST > From: TODD WITTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: John Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLU] Correct Partition Sizes > > Since you are the only user on the system, I see making a > separate partition for home of minimal need as opposed to having a > reasonable sized /usr partition. I, too, am a single user of my > system and found that having a separate /home was pointless as > was /usr/local. I have been happy for quite some time now with > just /, /usr, /swap. > > On 14 Feb 01, at 0:24, John Simonsen wrote: > > > I am planning on installing Storm/Progeny Debian onto my system in a dual > > boot configuration. I have two HDs, the first one hda is for Windows and > > the second is for Linux. I have approximetly 14.5GB free out of a total of > > 15GB on the drive (NT's swap file is there as well). For a system in which > > I will be the only user, what partions should I make (in addition to / & > > /home ) and how large should they be? > > > > Thanks in advance for your comments. > > > > - JS - > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Stormlinux-users-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.stormix.com/community/lists/listinfo/stormlinux-users-list > > > What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? > In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. > -- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers" > > > Todd Witter > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Stormlinux-users-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.stormix.com/community/lists/listinfo/stormlinux-users-list > ---- Ralph Winslow Operations/Support/Tools (908)575-8567 x276 _______________________________________________ Stormlinux-users-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stormix.com/community/lists/listinfo/stormlinux-users-list _______________________________________________ Stormlinux-users-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stormix.com/community/lists/listinfo/stormlinux-users-list
