Partition size

[goth4christ]

OK here is my ask: What is a good size for a root partition for someone with a 60GB hdd who likes a very sliced approach.

My problem: When I installed Slackware 9.1 I gave / only 800MB, which worked fine cuz I put /opt, /usr, /usr/local, and /home on other partitions. But then I started doing alot of Wine game installs and ogg file encoding and the /tmp space on / keeps running out.

My plan: I'm planning on a re-partition and some other fine tuning that I neglected (ie recompile kernel) and I'm a bit unsure of what a good size of / would be so I don't waste disk space I'll never use yet have enough space to not run out.
I'd like these as seperate partitions using xfs- /, /home, /opt (KDE seems all), /usr, /usr/local (maybe), and /windows (for serious wine(x) gaming).

My system: 60GB IDE hdd, slackware 9.1, pentium4, 256 Ram, GeForce2 mx400, etc early/mid 2002 standard.

[gehidore]

try this

58.5 gigs for / and the rest for swap

then you dont need to worry about size and its just as fast.

[gehidore]

kind off topic but,

and what exactly does your uid/sn mean?

goth4christ?

[deathadder]

My / is about 5 gig, thats on a 120gb drive :)

[goth4christ]

Thanks for the feedback.

5gig sounds good, somewhere between 2 and 5 for a 60G disk I recon should get me going.

I prefer to keep the major directory structures on seperate partitions. It does make it harder to get size estimated right, but I haven't used a / + SWAP layout since stopped using mandrake7.1. It sort of suits the way I like to admin my system.

gehidore, I think "uid" means user id. don't have a clue what "sn" would be. Where did you read it?

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by goth4christ

gehidore, I think "uid" means user id. don't have a clue what "sn" would be. Where did you read it?

I believe gehidore was referring to your JL username (goth4christ).

[gehidore]

md is right again sn is chat terms for screen (s) name (n) and i was wondering if yours ment something

as an example mine was once a password on a version of lemmings i wrote for my self the random alpha gen created that password so it became my sn

ie gehidore

means absolutely notin

[goth4christ]

Now I get it.

Well yea mine does mean something. I'm a Goth (goth/rivet-head) and a Christian. I use it alot for accounts online.
It reflects two of the most important things in my life, but I haven't worked out how to get Linux in there...lol.

maybe goth4christnlinux? ha...ha...ha

[StarTiger]

try soems swap at the from of the drive and some at the end. this help you proformance a but when your using swap. if your doing multiple partitions, then some in the middle too.

but i've got a WD 40gb with .5gb swap, 29gb /, .5 gb swap and 10 gb for linux/winxp backup space.

works well.