On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 11:54:13PM -0800 or thereabouts, Ethan Benson wrote: > > /boot - 50MB > > / - 256MB > > /usr - 2GB > > /swap - 2xRAM > > /var at least 1GB (for /var/cache/apt) > /tmp at least 50MB to 100MB > > and ditch /boot you don't need it and its more trouble then its worth, > just make sure your root partition is first on the disk and you will > avoid any silly BIOS crap.
yes you can do away without /boot. i'm just being generous here. in fact, / can be 64MB only or even 50MB if my memory serves me right > > router, mail, X) it doesn't go beyond 2GB > > it could but it would take alot of packages, on one of my particularly > loaded (bloated :)) boxes i have 1.3GB in /usr (with /usr/local split off) the thing one should really watch out for is /var since on a particularly busy box it could get really big (shows you my box is idle still :) ) -- Who's watching the watchmen? ICQ: 15096825
