Linux partition / installation questions...

[Chuck]

Win2k is currently my main OS to boot from, but i've got a 13gb disk that I want to use for linux (and for general storage.. to share stuff between the two OS's).

So I figured that i'd like about 8Gb for storage, which would leave 5Gb for linux stuff. With taking into account 300Mb for the swap parition, how should the average (1 user) linux workstation be split up partition wise? (i.e. how much space should, '/', '/home', 'usr', etc.. get?). I really have no clue as to what would be used where?

Ohh and also do you think I should create the 8gb storage partition as the primary, and then all the linux stuff in an extended partition, or does linux like to have the primary partition?

I have looked at the HOWTO's but they are pretty vaigue...

Thanks.

 

[potz]

i always just make one big partition and mount it as / unless you're gonna use linux as a server then one big partition should suffice.

 

[earthman]

/usr is usually where programs are installed, however, some may be installed in /home as well. /home is where your personal files or storage unique to you would normally go, so you could plan accordingly. I would agree that one big root partition usually works best for most people.

 

[Chuck]

That's how i've got it setup on my other (linux only) machine, but in all of the guides it says it's better (for a number of reasons) to split them up. I figured I might try to do this seeing as it is the "better" way to do it. But I guess there is no real harm in putting them on one.

Thanks guys...

 

[Xixor]

I've had to do a number of linux installs recently, and this is how I've been doing my partitions for a 20 gig hd:
/boot between 16-24 mb
/home around 8 gigs
swap around 300 mb
/ grow to fill disk.
You could scale / and /home to accomodate your size disk. I need all the space in the / partition for things like databases and their associated files.
Hope this helps,
Xixor