On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > /var - 250 - 500++ MB Need can grow appreciably with large website, > newsfeeds, databases, etc.
Webspace, newsfeeds and databases aside, APT's cache takes a large chunk of HD space... there have been reports of Potato installations failing with /var at 1G, but working with a 2G /var partition. It really depends on how you do the installation; if you try and install everything in one shot you will need 2G, if you install in pieces (e.g., one task at a time) you can get by with a /var of a few hundred Mb. later, Bruce