Eduardo,
> From: Eduardo Hidalgo Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am going to install Debian and right now I have Slackware. One of the > questions I have not found a straight answer to is this one: > I am a home user, I'm not planning to make my box a web server or news > server. I'm going to use it for software development, normal applications, > browse the internet and to play games. Can somebody tell me what are the > normal size requirements for the partitions, and if you can recommend where > to split off the directory tree structure (ie. mount points). I have 5 GB > for Linux (out of a 20 GB disk), including for the swap partition. > > Right now on slackware I have: > hda5 329.02 MB swap > hda6 271.44 / > hda7 4647.29 /usr >... > > Should I put my /home directory on another partition, can somebody tell me > their configuration, or direct me to a how-to where I can get some answers. You might want to split off the directory structure between system directories (those that get changed by upgrades or switching to a different distribution) and user directories (those you want to keep intact even if you switch to a different distribution). I usually put /usr/local on a separate partition, and make /home be a symbolic link to /usr/local/home. The main system (/ except for /usr/local and /home) is on another partition. If you do that, then if you have an additional partition, you can try upgrading or try another distribution without breaking your existing setup. I also reserve a second system partition. If I want to try another distribution, I can install its system on the second system partition (mounting my already-created /usr/local partition and linking the new systems's /home to my /usr/local/home). I can dual- boot and compare, and I can always return to my original, working installation. It also works for upgrading if I want to be sure that the upgrade doesn't break anything. I copy the system directories over to the second system partition, adjust /etc/fstab and LILO, boot from the second system, and then upgrade that second system. If anything goes wrong, I can always go back to booting from the original system partition and try again. ¡Buena suerte! Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )
