From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F9iQ7-0007wB-3m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:39:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1GCceZ3010691; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:38:40 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.207]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1GCYJxV001036 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:34:19 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id r28so158716nza for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:34:18 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=de7rLNji5F3AnRmveRpqmSE5K2i6uQhc2icitWgkdPbzqgarOvZl/f1Qk9PHrniJead201tjMxNWeO1ufTbCFNKrFa8uVVe5AG9xWUmKFSHLGejAwt16sw6YBWkQlaY6zPWMETGSKFyODLGWY06JqlqIb1NuJV9wCvuQRKOnQko= Received: by 10.65.114.17 with SMTP id r17mr727420qbm; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:34:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.211.16 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:34:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <342e1090602160434l604ba3d5x29f59ca4e2c0389b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:34:18 -0300 From: Daniel da Veiga To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How many GB for / partition? In-Reply-To: <7ae6f8f0602160419w67142523p296a88b3944ce180@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <7ae6f8f0602160419w67142523p296a88b3944ce180@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k1GCYJxV001036 X-Archives-Salt: 432d2fc5-37db-47ad-b6ad-e6a8daf1202b X-Archives-Hash: 264cd3e9601921369304bee8cf6b6b35 IMHO you could just use the rest of the disk (after the /boot [hda1] and swap [hda2]), but if you intend to get a /home (or anything), I usually use 10GB for / just in case (still at 50%, but you never know). I got two 40GB disks however, if I were you (and I'm not, so, you can just disconsider what I'll say), I would put 20GB for the system, so you'll probably never run out of space... On 2/16/06, Izar Ilun wrote: > I'm installing Gentoo and I'd like you to suggest me how much disc space I > should use for /. > > My machine is Pentium4, 1GB RAM, 200 GB HD ATA > > It's a desktop machine with Gentoo as the only and exclusive OS. > > Will run KDE. Amarok, OpenOffice, firefox.... > > Thanx! > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list