minimum "/" partition size

[Wenzhuo Zhang]

Default User wrote:
> Thanks to all for your advice. Just wanted to let you kno whow it went.
> I reinstalled doing 
> 
> Device   Partition   FileSystem   Mounted at  Size
> =================================================================
> hda1     primary     ext2         /boot       1GB
> hda2     primary     ext3         /           37GB
> hda3     primary     swap         swap        2GB

The /boot partition is way too big. swap work better if it is on the
outer cylinders (cylinder 1 is usually outermost). You probably would
want a separate home partition for easier backup and upgrade later.
Therefore,

Device   Partition   FileSystem   Mounted at  Size
=================================================================
hda1     primary     swap         swap        1GiB
hda2     primary     ext3         /boot       128MiB
hda3     primary     ext3         /           6GiB
hda4	 primary     ext3	  /home	      30GiB

If you have a modern BIOS, I would not recommend a separate /boot partition.

Wenzhuo