Re: [TCLUG:16545] Partition sizes?

[andy@theasis.com]

> > I've looked around and read whatever I could find on the subject of
> > partitioning the drives but have yet to come up with good guidelines for
> > setting the partitions (which ones and how big).

Chris's suggestion sounds reasonable, but I'd like to add 2 points:

First, I strongly recommend a separate partition for home directories --
or any other trees where you will be building up personalized or project
data. If necessary, you can more easily reinstall the entire OS around it
(even switch distributions), and never have to rebuild the home (or
whatever) stuff.

Second, if you have a big drive (>1024 cylinders) you can save yourself
the potential for hassle by making a ~/boot partition, (below 1024th
cylinder)  to keep kernels in. The caveat there is that I don't know how
natural this is in non-redhat distributions. But maybe you have a small
drive, and don't need to worry about this; I forget.

Andy Scherrer