From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2013-01-23, Aragorn  wrote:   
   > On Wednesday 23 January 2013 00:18, faeychild conveyed the following to   
   > alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
   >   
   >> I think this time I will create a separate partition for "HOME"   
   >>   
   >> I am never quite sure how much to allow for "ROOT"   
   >   
   > This is what I currently have with Mageia 1, with a very fair amount of   
   > software installed, including many development packages.  You can use   
   > this as an example to calculate your needed disk space from.   
   >   
   > (Note: Duplicate and/or irrelevant entries [*] have been removed from   
   > the list for clarity.)   
   >   
   >   Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on   
   >   rootfs                445M  352M   94M  80% /   
   >   none                  2.0G  4.0K  2.0G   1% /tmp   
   >   /dev/sda1             295M   48M  247M  17% /boot   
   >   /dev/sda3              25G  6.1G   19G  25% /usr   
   >   /dev/sda5             744M  212K  744M   1% /usr/local   
   >   /dev/sda6             1.5G  160K  1.5G   1% /opt   
   >   /dev/sda7             5.9G  368M  5.5G   7% /var   
   >   /dev/sda8             489G   16G  473G   4% /home   
   >   /dev/sda9              40G   18G   22G  44% /srv   
      
   Well, some do like to put every directory on a separate partition.   
   I just use one partition for / /usr put /home onto /local and /usr/local   
   and /opt onto /local and put links or bind mounts from /local/userlocal   
   to /usr/local say.   
      
   I use 15GB for / and the rest (except for swap) onto /local   
      
   That 15GB gives me enough room for the upgrade install ( they always   
   increase in size) and use about 8GB of it now. (He uses about 35GB for   
   the equivalent-- mind you I have no idea what /srv is)   
      
   Or you can have a separate spare 15GB partition so you can install the   
   upgrade to that one when it comes, and that way you will have both for a   
   while. Then when the next update comes along, you erase the first and   
   put it on there.   
      
      
      
   >   
   > Notes:   
   >   
   >   1. /tmp is a tmpfs on my system.   
   >   
   >   2. I ended up wasting a lot of space on /opt and /usr/local - strictly   
   >      speaking, you only need a separate /usr/local if you build a lot of   
   >      code from sources, which I have not yet done her - as well as on   
   >      /usr itself, but that's because I had anticipated installing a   
   >      number of games, which I ended up not doing after all due to the   
   >      lack of 3D support in my video driver.   
   >   
   >   3. I've used traditional partitions here, but by putting everything   
   >      except for /boot and the root filesystem on LVM2, you can better   
   >      handle the size requirements.  It's rather easy to enlarge a   
   >      logical volume afterwards if need be, and logical volumes can span   
   >      across multiple disks.   
   >   
   >   
   > [*] Given that I have /etc/mtab symlinked to /proc/self/mounts, there is   
   >     a duplicate entry for the root filesystem (as /dev/root), and then   
   >     /dev and /dev/shm were also listed.   
   >   
      
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