disk space allocation
basically how much disk space or percentage of disk space do u guys allocate to your /root, /home, /boot, and others?
basically how much disk space or percentage of disk space do u guys allocate to your /root, /home, /boot, and others?
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/boot = 100 MB
/root = 10 GB
/home = 10 GB
/root = 10 GB
/home = 10 GB
I don't use a swap and my machine runs like greased lightening! (Don't try this unless you have at least 512 RAM! )
an answer to your query depends on your application..
are you the one and only user on the system?
or are you setting up to serve the needs of many users?
If the former, then a very simple disk allocation plan of
120MB /boot, 1x RAM for swap (max 1GB), and the rest of the
disk to / -- will likely serve your needs well.
If the latter, then splitting up / into
/home and / (minus /home)
is in your best interest of keeping what the users are doing
(like filling up /home) from affecting the entire system.
are you the one and only user on the system?
or are you setting up to serve the needs of many users?
If the former, then a very simple disk allocation plan of
120MB /boot, 1x RAM for swap (max 1GB), and the rest of the
disk to / -- will likely serve your needs well.
If the latter, then splitting up / into
/home and / (minus /home)
is in your best interest of keeping what the users are doing
(like filling up /home) from affecting the entire system.
I personly like to keep /home a seperate partition. It's easy to back up and if you need to rebuild you won't loose your data in /home. However I know a lot of people that just use / and swap. It's all a matter of preference. I strongly urge anyone who ask to use seperate /home though it give me awarm and fuzzy feeling. Of course this won't help you if you loose the whole disk.
yup, without the swap partition, and with at least 512mb of RAM, it really boost your linux very much..
Yeah, that was pretty strange! I deleted my post and now everything seems back to normal...
