Re: How should i size my partitions?
From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 04/14/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:43:45 -0600
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:29:38 +0000, Tyrion wrote:
> I decided to make it a triple-boot system. This is the PC I currently
> use and I can boot to my 3 systems (Win98, WinNT and SuSE) via my GRUB
> menu.
>
> I dedicated 2Gb of the disk to Win98, 2Gb to WinNT and the remaining
> 4Gb to SuSE
> I also made separate partitions for the different folders
> /opt 350 Mb 73%
> /usr 2000 Mb 51%
> /var 350 Mb 24%
> /home 50 Mb 14%
> / 1000 Mb 10%
> /boot 50 Mb 8%
> /local 50 Mb 0% (13 Kb used)
> /swap 150 Mb
>
> I am reformatting the hard disk as I am running out of space fast on
> Linux.
> I'll be making the following partitions
> .7 Gb WinNT
> 1.3 Gb Win98
> 1 Gb Shared between Win98 and Linux for Mp3's and Docs
> 5 Gb Linux
>
> Could someone tell me what would be the best way to split the Linux
> partitions?
On that small a disk, I would chunk all the linux directories in one
partition. 40, 60 80 GB disks are cheap.
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