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Old 01-12-2007, 04:43 PM   #1
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Optimal root partition size


Is 5GB gonna be large enough for an Etch install (/ partition excluding /home)?
 
Old 01-12-2007, 04:47 PM   #2
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It all depends on what you want to install. I have Debian running fine on a 5gb / partition.
 
Old 01-12-2007, 04:57 PM   #3
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I give it 8 GB. Right now I'm using 4.3 GB.
 
Old 01-15-2007, 06:09 AM   #4
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5 Gigs for /, not counting /var, /home.
/var you need at least 1Gig (Maybe 1.5Gig) for scenarios like update from sarge to etch/sid.
/home its your personnal datas, so it depends a lot on what you want to do with this linux.
 
  


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