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ssc1478 wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, 02 May 2008 04:08:29 +0300
Ioannis Vranos <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ivranos@freemail.gr"><ivranos@freemail.gr></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I'm trying to determine the largest expected size for Ubuntu plus
an average assortment of applications.
Any suggestions?
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My system with average applications installed:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc3 292G 6.4G 271G 3% /
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I have two disks, 30gb with: /boot, / and swap and an 80gb with /home.
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 24876108 3380256 20232200 15% /
/dev/sda1 1988208 72048 1815160 4% /boot
/dev/sdb1 76944512 26615400 50329112 35% /home
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So that means you're using about 80 MB in your /boot partition, 27 GB
in /home partition, and 3.7 GB in /root.<br>
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I'm still not that familiar with why (or how) to separate /, /boot,
and /home.<br>
What are the advantages?<br>
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