> >You could also make a new partition and mount it as /home, or /usr, or >some such. > Glad to hear that suggestion as that is precisely what I would do! Actually, I never put it all on one partition anyway. Old habits are hard to break. I like to get /var and /home OFF the root if possible, and generally use a single separate partition for /usr also.
That also makes it easier to take advantage of multiple disks and the 2nd IDE controller on most m'bds these days. I typically put the 1st disk along with the CD (if ATAPI) and a 2nd disk, even if its small, on the 2nd IDE port. Put swap and /var on it, or even /home. Another advantage of this is, when you decide to try another distribution you just use /home with it, and swap, plus, you often have a partition or two around that comes in handy when it comes time to resize one, or move stuff around, etc. You'll find the system performance will be a little better too, 'cause it'll be able to take better advantage of the capabilities by keeping the I/O going on two disks instead of all of it on one, plus the additional controller channel. Paul
