[plug] S.U.S.E 10 - Install - Partitioning

[Mike Holland]

Arie Hol wrote:

> My current partitioning regime is as follows :
> 
> /		455 Mb	/dev/hda2
> /boot	196 Mb	/dev/hda3
> /usr	7,000 Mb	/dev/hda5
> /var		1,000 Mb	/dev/hda6
> /home	1,500 Mb	/dev/hda7
> swap	1,000 Mb	/dev/hda8


KISS!!
This is 2006 - you don't need or want all that.
/boot? When is the last time you saw the 1024-cylindar limit?

Eliminate /usr and /var too, if its not a big office server. See:
http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lx-partition.html

I'd add an extra root-sized partiton, so you can test-install
a new distro, or have a backup boot.