On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 20:33:00 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 07/09/18 11:17, Ge wrote: > >1. Whats the appropriate layout? > >My current layout is: > > > >LVM VG Laptop-vg LV root 16.9GB Linux device mapper (linear) > >#1 16.9GB f btrfs / > > I use 16 GiB SSD's and/or 16 GiB USB flash drives for system drives. > I wipe and test them using the manufacturer's diagnostic tool before > installing Debian, or just wipe them with dd(1) if I do not have a > tool. In the Debian Installer, I choose 'manual' for 'partitioning > method', create a new partition table (MBR), and create three > primary partitions: > > 1 ~1 GiB btrfs mounted at /boot > 2 ~2 GiB LUKS (random key) with swap > 3 ~10 GiB LUKS (passphrase) with btrfs mounted at / > > 10 GiB root is enough for single-user Xfce workstation (my bulk data > is on a file server).
I'm not an LVM user so I live with my partitioning for years. I would opine that 10GiB is rather risky for a root partition (with /home separate). My smallest root partition, on an old laptop that I've been using since 2009, is 15GiB (74.5 GiB drive). I'm not a DE user, which might reduce usage a little, but /usr alone ranges from 8.4GiB (jessie on that laptop) to 10.2GiB (wheezy, as it happens, on a desktop). That's without giving any consideration to /var and /tmp. > >Should i make a different partition for /home/ ? > > I don't -- I put my bulk data on a file server, including all e-mail > attachments. My home directory is ~1 GB. > > > (If/when I want to travel with my laptop, I will need to figure out > how to set up a VPN to my file server.) I would find that rather risky, so I have a "proper" separate, encrypted /home that ranges from 50GiB (laptop) to ~400GiB (desktops)—basically, the rest of the drive, though one laptop gives a fair amount of space over to a W10 installation. Bear in mind that were you to make your root far too large, it's easy enough to borrow some space by symlinking to, say, /var/local/myname (for unencrypted, less sensitive material). Cheers, David.
