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

[Milan Pospisil]

On 2/3/06, Mike Holland <myk.list at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 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!!

I assume that you politely meant KIS(as in Keep It Simple). Otherwise,
what's so special about you?

> 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.
>
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