In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: > Paul van Berlo writes: > > > > Hi. > > > > I'm new to this list and Debian. I have the following question. I have > > been using Linux for quite some time now and I recently upgraded to a > > better and faster pc. Before I had Linux on one 300mb partition but I want > > to dedicate this machine to Linux now (1,2gb). What would be the ideal > > partition sizes to split up the hdd for Linux? It'll be used for > > developing mainly and for internet connectivity. I will most likely also > > be running X. Any answers to this will be really appreciated. I don't want > > to put linux on one big partition. > > > > -Paul > > > > The question of partitioning the harddisk is a question of beliefe, I think. > But if you have a stand alone home PC, I think it is not worth it to split > up the harddisk. The main reason to do this is to protect the data on the > other partitons, if one of them chrashes. So you don't have to re-install the > whole system. But there is a drawback: > + It is only easy to reinstall if you backup regularly (the whole disk!). > Do you have a streamer to do this? > + The modern harddisks should not chrash (ok, this is no guarantee...), and > on a stand alone PC the disk is not so hard used (indeed, most of the time > it rests). > + If you have a lot of partitions, a lot of harddisk space will be wasted, > because you have to keep the partitions big enough to hold the data, but: > + you are in big trouble, if you have made a partiton too small, because you > can't change the partiton size without weeping the whole disk. > > So if you take the risk of one big partition, you do not have the question > of partition it, on the other hand, IF something happens... > I use a smal root partition (~17M) and two smal swap-partitions (so I can deactivate one and use for temporary use like a temporary root while recovering from a mayor crach). The rest is one big filesystem (monted /ext0 and /usr /home /var and /tmp is soft symlink from the root partiton. This give You the flexibility of a big partition and still a smal and hopfully verry stable root.
(I dont know if hard symlink is better, the soft ones is working here so far) Hope this is useful info /Lars
