<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Thu, 2007-21-06 at 19:20 -0500, Default User wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Any advice? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Make separate partitions for /, /boot, /home, /usr and possibly even /usr/local depending on how you think your system will expand. /boot is where the kernel images, etc. will reside. Look at the kernels you've got now and multiply their sizes by the number of kernels you expect to keep active at any given point to get a rough idea of how much space to reserve for it. / is, if memory serves, pretty static. You get /bin, /sbin, etc. in there, but most packages install into /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. I suspect a reasonably small / is fine. You'll want to put your big partitions on /usr and /home. (On my system I build a lot of software that only I want running, so /home has a lot of space requirements. YMMV.) Oh, and put /boot in the first cylinders of your disk if you've got an older BIOS. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter <<A HREF="mailto:ttmrichter@gmail.com">ttmrichter@gmail.com</A>> (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com) I have to wonder why people think that when they can't manage local personnel within easy strangling and shooting distance, then they can manage personnel thousands of miles away that have different languages, cultures, and business rules. (Joe Celko) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>