Partition Size

daniel5455 · 04-15-2003, 12:30 PM

Hello i just downloaded slackware 9.0 and want to install it on my laptop, I am confused on what size and types of partitions i should create. Is there a rule of thumb to use when creating partitions. I have a 5 gig HDD

acid_kewpie · 04-15-2003, 12:53 PM

5gb, all linux... erm... for a beginner, i'd say

500mb /
2gb /usr
2gb /home
500mb swap

you could easily join / and /usr or / and /home... up to you really, you could do it all with one if you want... and i'd say jsut use ext3 file system, as it's the standard

daniel5455 · 04-15-2003, 12:56 PM

for a beginner you think i should just make a swap partition and the rest leave it for /

MykilX · 04-15-2003, 03:04 PM

well i do 2 gigs / , 20 gigs /home. easiest way to go about it. If you ever have to reinstall, (i've had to a few times) having a seperate /home make life easier.

cuckoopint · 04-15-2003, 03:16 PM

acid_kewpie seems to have given the best standard sizes. I have a seperate /var (which is 500MB) and then my / becomes under 50 MB. (which is close to 500 for both /var and /)
; )

As for /usr - 2G should be more than enough for anyone.

snocked · 04-15-2003, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by daniel5455
for a beginner you think i should just make a swap partition and the rest leave it for /

Agreed.

cuckoopint · 04-15-2003, 09:58 PM

Well, what's kind of funny is that a beginner should really use LVM, that way they can change their partitions as they learn about their needs. The irony is that LVM is not exactly easy to setup.

; )

sidey · 04-28-2003, 07:17 AM

Quote: cuckoopint

"As for /usr - 2G should be more than enough for anyone."

Quote: Bill Gates
"640k ram ought to be enough for anybody"

Heh no actual help that post cuckoopint's comment just made me chuckle