Mike Leone on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:47:18 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Recommendations on how to partition


epike@isinet.com (epike@isinet.com) had this to say on 11/21/02 at 10:52: 

> Not familiar with your distro but I would suggest
> 
> 1. /usr appears to be too big ...its usually for system executables

So I've been told, and now agree with. :-)

> 2. dont forget a couple megs of partitions for swap

1G (I have 512M RAM).

> 3. I would leave a couple of gigs unpartitioned. as spare, you
>    never know when you will suddenly have to come up with
>    an extra /directory...

A good point.

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