[TriLUG] Assistance with Partition Sizes on New RH 9 Installation

Roy Vestal rvestal at trilug.org
Thu Aug 28 09:45:17 EDT 2003


If he's got that much room, I'd make /usr 10GB.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sinner from the Prairy" <sinner at escomposlinux.org>
To: <hhuntsberry at fbi.gov>; "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Assistance with Partition Sizes on New RH 9
Installation


> On Monday 25 August 2003 10:1522pm, Scot Huntsberry wrote:
> > I am going to reinstall RH 9 tomorrow because my system has gotten so
> > slow that it is ridiculous.  I was wondering if I could get some
> > suggestions oh how to best partition a 50gb hard drive to maximize
> > the efficiency of the system.  I would really appreciate any
> > suggestions the group could provide.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scot
>
> For a desktop :
> /boot 100MB
> SWAP: 2x RAM
> / 2 GB
> /usr  6 GB (the full RH 9 fits in about 4 GB)
> /home The rest (so your data doens't get lost if you decide to format
> and install again)
>
>
> Salut,
> Sinner
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