[ubuntu-uk] Partitioning Questions

[Stephen Garton]

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Morning All,

I'm after some recommended reading, If I might enquire. First background:

Current Set-up (Laptop): 80Gb HD split into 2Gb Swap, 12Gb /, and the
remaining 60Gb (all of what is available) as /home.

The questions I am looking for answers for are:
1. Do I need 2Gb of Swap? (I Have 1GB RAM)
2. How much space do I _need_ for /? I prefer to keep /home separate.
I've just started using VMWare, which by default puts it's machines in
/var/lib/vmware. I was surprised to find I had 4.1Gb Free on this
partition, so I've obviously over-cooked my guess at how much space was
needed
3. Can I resize Any of these partitions? I've loaded up gparted, but
(understandably) all my partitions are mounted so I can't resize them
as-is...

Although I do want the answers, I'd prefer to be guided gently towards
some accurate documentation. I have briefly searched the Ubuntu Wiki
this morning, but didn't find anything useful, but this could well be my
choice of search terms.
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Steve Garton
www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
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