i still do that :) except on severs..all the desktops/laptops i build pretty much just have 1 root and 1 swap partition. although it can be nice having multiple partitions i can remember many times getting frustrated that /usr/local was almost full yet /var had gigs and gigs free..or something to that extent.
but thats me. Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 4261452 3522724 522256 87% / /dev/sdc1 4253572 1868032 2169468 46% /usr/local /dev/sdb1 8696956 6691908 1563264 81% /stuff gateway:/stuff 9397727 4815985 4094170 54% /mnt/portal (note each mount point is a physically different drive..) nate Nils Kassube wrote: > > Guten Abend. > > In the last week I've seen a lot of question and recommendations > about disk partitioning. However, one answer was missing: for > your first install use only a swap partition and /. Play. Have > fun. Learn Linux. Install stuff. Learn stuff. Get rid of stuff > you didn't like. After a few weeks of use you look up how much > space you really need for /usr /var /home, etc. That's it. > Backup everything. (You do backups, don't you?) Re-partition > your hard drive. Have more fun :-) > > Cheers, > Nils > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]