Putting off the partitioning issue

oneandoneis2 · 02-03-2004, 09:08 AM

I installed Slack on my computer. Multiple signal 11s later, I discovered that the hardware was dodgy. So I have a new computer on the way.

It's got an 80GB hard drive. I have no idea what to do with all this space.

So I'm contemplating a small /boot partition, a 5GB / and a 5GB /home partition, a 512MB swap partition, and running with just that until I work out where the rest of the space should go - more partitions, bigger partitions, etc.

Is this a workable approach, or will it cause me problems down the line?

dopefish · 02-03-2004, 09:14 AM

That setup should work fine

Shade · 02-03-2004, 10:04 AM

Yup, and if you find your setup to get too cramped, you can implement LVM, which can combine two partitions to look like one -- effectively giving you more space to whatever partition needs it :-D

I'd suggest at least 50-100 for /boot, though.

--Shade

oneandoneis2 · 02-03-2004, 10:37 AM

Why is that? Most places I've seen recommend keeping boot smaller than 50MB