On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 02:41:58PM -0700, Dino Vliet wrote: > Hi folks, > I've managed to install debian etch on my amd64 system > which I dualboot with FreeBSD. I installed it on a > 57GB partition. > > I've chosen to let the installer recommend the > partitions and their sizes and the result is: > > Bestandssysteem Grtte Gebr Besch Geb% > Aangekoppeld op > /dev/sda2 259M 120M 126M 49% / > tmpfs 1,5G 0 1,5G 0% > /lib/init/rw > udev 10M 100K 10M 1% /dev > tmpfs 1,5G 0 1,5G 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda9 41G 223M 39G 1% /home > /dev/sda8 373M 11M 343M 3% /tmp > /dev/sda5 4,6G 1,7G 2,7G 39% /usr > /dev/sda6 2,8G 836M 1,8G 32% /var > > Epecially the size of the / partition worries me > because I had the experience that in another os > (ubuntu breezer) it filled up quickly.
I was going to say that I don't see a problem here, but then I reviewed my partitions. I'm using 300M on my / partition. I have /tmp, /usr, /var and /home all seperate as above. My system has been running this configuration for a couple years now with no problem. So, I think its reasonable that your / partition might be a little bit small, but I think its close, and if you're careful you should be okay. Note that I have lots of installed stuff that I dont really use... > > So what do you recommend? Should I reinstal and change > the partition sizes? I will use it as a desktop pc, so > I already installed KDE and am planning to install > some bitorrent or other p2p program. I will watch > movies on it and burn cd's. If you don't plan on installing a bunch more, you'll be okay. Note that most installation puts stuff in /usr not /. ymmv A
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