First of all, I read the partitioning HOW-TO and it didn't really explain much to me that I didn't already know. What I'm trying to figure out is what the best partitioning setup would be for my *desktop* system. The HOW-TO seemed to be biased towards servers. So does anyone know of such a guide or have any advice for me as a desktop user? Here's my setup (this is a new machine I'm building the day after tomorrow):
I'm going to install Debian sarge on a new AMD Athlon64 system. There will be two hard drives. One a 200GB IDE drive (primary) and another 120GB IDE drive (secondary). The secondary drive currently has all my vital data on it, so what I'm planning to do is the following:
1) Build system and install Debian with just the 200GB drive present
2) Boot using a Knoppix live CD with both my 200GB and 120GB drives present
3) Copy necessary data from 120GB drive to 200GB drive
4) Format 120GB clean
I am the only user for my desktop so the vast majority of my files are in /home/tyler. Here's what I typically want to do on my system:
- Standard office stuff
- Music
- LOTS of images for viewing (I translate Japanese manga)
- LOTS of videos (I watch lots of unlicensed anime and asian drama)
- Software development (for my game project in my sig, for grad school, and for work)
- Testing out other Linux distrobutions (I'd imagine on a seperate partition?)
I keep all of my images in /home/tyler/images, all my music in /home/tyler/music, and and all videos in /home/tyler/video (convenient isn't it?). Would it be wise/un-wise to put these directories in their own partitions based on what I know about their average file-size? Or am I asking for frustration/trouble by doing so?
Basically I'm just looking for "the best" way to partition my two drives for my needs. If anyone has any links, insights, or suggestions to share, please do.
Thanks