Partition Suggestions

[Vram]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 22:04 +0200, Simon Taplin wrote:
> I've just invested in a 40GB HDD specifically for running my Ubuntu side 
> of the world. The HDD will be running as a secondary master. I am 
> looking for some suggestions on how to partition on the drive
> 
> So far I have a 509MB swap Partition (Why can't I make this bigger?)
> A 2GB backup partition for keeping a copy the apt cache and any 
> downloads I have
> A 5GB home partition (probebly to big but I am open to suggestions)
> What other directories is it a good idea to run as seperate partitions 
> and what sizes? This would be mainly for a desktop machine.
> 


There is no right answer here....

Just flame wars...

Here goes...

Partitions you need...


/boot			50 Meg

/			600 Meg

/usr			3G

/usr/local		2G	


/var			1G


/opt			1G

/tmp			1G


/home			10G


/image <for those pics> 20G/?

/mp3			20G/?

swap			What ever!!!

Just my $0.02

HTH


Vram