On Wed, 13 May 2020 12:33:32 +0000 Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote:
> nemomm...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > >fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just > >opinions. > > > >Anyone know for sure? I hate having to waste hundreds of megs for a > >partition that only needs to hold a few megs, if that much. > > > >This applies to one of those small, $300+/- notebooks (haven't decided > >which one, yet) that usually use 32 or 64GB eMMCs. I'm trying to > >maximize the available free space. Best option seems to be a MBR > >install, one OS only (Buster, X, window manager only, etc.), / and > >swap. But if that's not possible . . . . Hence, my query. > > In Debian we've followed recommendations to use 500M as a default > size. That may often be larger than people need, but it's safe in case > people are dual-booting and/or doing firmware updates later. It's > likely to be difficult to resize after the fact. The reason I've read for the ~500MB size is to assure FAT32 when formatting the partition as using less can cause problems with Linux efi installs. > You can choose a smaller size *at your own risk*, but d-i will > complain a lot if you try to go very small, below ~32MiB. Isn't everything one does "at your own risk?" :) Some social fanatics believe otherwise, but they'd be wrong. B
