Re: HDD Partitions

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From: James Mandy
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00

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800Mb eh?

75Mb Swap
150MB / root
the rest in /usr

I have "swap, / , /usr, /home, /var/log, /www, /squid, /public" but you dont
have the space just swap , root and /usr is fine.

Cheers, James

> I have recently started to explore Linux and I want to know how my drive
> should be partitioned.
> It is only a small free area, 800meg or so.  What is really wrong with
> having just a great big partition at / followed by the swap partition?
> Also, where do applications traditionally go?  eg.  where should I put
> the GIMP in my tree?
>

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