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basically how much disk space or percentage of disk space do u guys allocate to your /root, /home, /boot, and others?

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I don't use /boot but here is what I normally do.

 

5 gig to /

512 to swap or same as your memory. This could be a whole new thread. wink some say 1.5x your memory, I do that in servers only. Some don't use swap at all.

 

I give all the leftover disk to /home

 

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I don't use a swap and my machine runs like greased lightening! smile (Don't try this unless you have at least 512 RAM! ;))

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Quote:
Well this car is automatic, it's systematic, it's hydromatic
Why it's greased lightnin'!

grlightning.jpg

sorry couldn't resist. smile

I've been interested in doing without swap. Next system I build will have at least 1 gig of ram so I guess I'll go for it.

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an answer to your query depends on your application..

 

are you the one and only user on the system?

or are you setting up to serve the needs of many users?

 

If the former, then a very simple disk allocation plan of

120MB /boot, 1x RAM for swap (max 1GB), and the rest of the

disk to / -- will likely serve your needs well.

 

If the latter, then splitting up / into

/home and / (minus /home)

is in your best interest of keeping what the users are doing

(like filling up /home) from affecting the entire system.

 

 

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I personly like to keep /home a seperate partition. It's easy to back up and if you need to rebuild you won't loose your data in /home. However I know a lot of people that just use / and swap. It's all a matter of preference. I strongly urge anyone who ask to use seperate /home though it give me awarm and fuzzy feeling. Of course this won't help you if you loose the whole disk.

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whoa! I thought the (quote)(/quote) tags included just the text,

not the whole posting - buttons and all!

 

strangeness ... don't think it's my browser.

 

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