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. > > So what do you recommend? Should I reinstal and change > the partition sizes? I will use it as a desktop pc, so
/ may be a bit small. It mostly gets added to when you install or update a kernel as all the libs go in /lib. However, my / is 256 MB and has been fine with a kernel update. I didn't watch df during it but right now I have 130 MB used. /var may be a bit small depending on what you're doing. I put backups in /var/local/backup so my /var is 4 GB. Also, I have /tmp on tmpfs and lots of swap (which never gets used). Have you considered putting this on LVM so that you can grow as needed? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
