LINUX: how many GB's do you set for root partition

orysyz · December 11th, 2006

Just want to have your opinion for all you guys who use linux. As like the thread name, how much do you set it?

darth sephiroth · December 11th, 2006

it depends on what kind of a hardrive you've got.
i'd say with your harddrive use the amount needed by the os itself and about 5 gb more, then 3gb on swap and the rest on a third partition that's not root.

DoktorSeven · December 11th, 2006

Plus depends on if you mount /usr separately. / shouldn't need more than a couple GB (if that) if you do, course depending on your use.

The real answer to the question: varies depending on what you want to do with the system.

orysyz · December 11th, 2006

Quote:

it depends on what kind of a hardrive you've got.
i'd say with your harddrive use the amount needed by the os itself and about 5 gb more, then 3gb on swap and the rest on a third partition that's not root.

whoo... 3gb on swap. i've set 1gb before for swap and its worthless i said since it never use it from what i can see on system monitor.
my laptop got 80gb. planned to fully kick windows (dual boot i mean) so i managed to set 7gb for root. very2 few for swap and the rest for data.

SnakeBite · December 11th, 2006

I used to have 10 GB on my root partition, then resized to 20 GB before I noticed that I had a lot of crap in /usr/portage/distfiles. Anyway, 10 GB would be plenty for me at least, I don't even need that much.. 5.4 GB on root partition atm. 512 MB swap (1 GB physical), some GB for windows, and the rest of the disk for /home. I've also symlinked /opt to my 300 GB-disk (too lazy to resize and add a separate partition for it).

orysyz · December 12th, 2006

Hmm... 20gb and gentoo linux. I use sabayon linux before and its very good distro and gentoo based. Well, to install the sabayon linux itself I have to resize my current root partition to 20gb. I dunno why it demand so much space and it could be like SnakeBite said that is lot of crap in portage.

KillerShots · December 12th, 2006

It really depends on your partitioning scheme. If you only have a root partition, give it the whole drive. If you have root + home, give it at least 7G. If you have root + home + usr, give it 2-4G. If you have root + home + usr + var, give it 600M

orysyz · December 12th, 2006

7Gb... seems the good choice

Hard core Rikki · December 12th, 2006

10 gigabytes. No more. More...is waste...

Better too much than not enough.

Exodus · December 12th, 2006

Didn't you just contradict yourself?

Hard core Rikki · December 12th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exodus

Didn't you just contradict yourself?

Ever heard of tongue twisters?
Not enough, being barely the minimum.
10 gigs looks good even if looks unnecessary, judging regular's view and uses...

Exodus · December 13th, 2006

But that's not a tongue twister... why are you trying to confuse me?

KillerShots · December 13th, 2006

Don't not take 10G for your non-root root partition

darth sephiroth · December 13th, 2006

exodus he was saying using too much is a waste, but better than using too little...

SnakeBite · December 14th, 2006

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Originally Posted by orysyz

I dunno why it demand so much space and it could be like SnakeBite said that is lot of crap in portage.

Just symlink/mount it, or clean your /usr/portage/distfiles from time to time and it shouldn't be a problem. Unless you have /usr mounted somewhere of course. I know someone who has mounted it via NFS on one of his servers, so all gentoo-machines uses a shared, remote distfiles-directory (I got 4 gentoo-machines with separate distfiles storage, not very clever).

December 11th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
orysyz Shooting star Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Malaysia Posts: 774	LINUX: how many GB's do you set for root partition Just want to have your opinion for all you guys who use linux. As like the thread name, how much do you set it? __________________ Acer Aspire 5500, Centrino 1.73, 768Mb Ram, 80Gb HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon X700 Its Vista's voice 'wreck'gniton: Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all

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darth sephiroth .!. (^.^) .!. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: You're looking at it right now. Posts: 2,017	it depends on what kind of a hardrive you've got. i'd say with your harddrive use the amount needed by the os itself and about 5 gb more, then 3gb on swap and the rest on a third partition that's not root. __________________ "Going too far is going almost all the way around the world, then turn around to go back" - me "He's not going too far, he's going around the world" - me "They're looking for a factbook in the fiction section of the library." - me "I find spam useless and fatally contradictive to its own existence." - me

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DoktorSeven Insane Linux Advocate Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 271	Plus depends on if you mount /usr separately. / shouldn't need more than a couple GB (if that) if you do, course depending on your use. The real answer to the question: varies depending on what you want to do with the system. __________________ TITLE GOES HERE. // The Linux Blog Of Stuff Warning: my posts may be filled with sarcasm and/or lies. Proceed with caution. oldskool pc win: 1.5GHz P4/384MB/GeForce FX 5200 running GNU/Linux.

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SnakeBite Single Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 667	I used to have 10 GB on my root partition, then resized to 20 GB before I noticed that I had a lot of crap in /usr/portage/distfiles. Anyway, 10 GB would be plenty for me at least, I don't even need that much.. 5.4 GB on root partition atm. 512 MB swap (1 GB physical), some GB for windows, and the rest of the disk for /home. I've also symlinked /opt to my 300 GB-disk (too lazy to resize and add a separate partition for it). __________________ This is my new improved sig.

December 12th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
orysyz Shooting star Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Malaysia Posts: 774	Hmm... 20gb and gentoo linux. I use sabayon linux before and its very good distro and gentoo based. Well, to install the sabayon linux itself I have to resize my current root partition to 20gb. I dunno why it demand so much space and it could be like SnakeBite said that is lot of crap in portage. __________________ Acer Aspire 5500, Centrino 1.73, 768Mb Ram, 80Gb HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon X700 Its Vista's voice 'wreck'gniton: Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all

December 12th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,917	It really depends on your partitioning scheme. If you only have a root partition, give it the whole drive. If you have root + home, give it at least 7G. If you have root + home + usr, give it 2-4G. If you have root + home + usr + var, give it 600M __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

December 12th, 2006	#8 (permalink)
orysyz Shooting star Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Malaysia Posts: 774	7Gb... seems the good choice __________________ Acer Aspire 5500, Centrino 1.73, 768Mb Ram, 80Gb HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon X700 Its Vista's voice 'wreck'gniton: Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all

December 12th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
Hard core Rikki Let's go! Come on! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 5,189	10 gigabytes. No more. More...is waste... Better too much than not enough.

December 12th, 2006	#10 (permalink)
Exodus Now the stars don't match Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 14,200	Didn't you just contradict yourself? __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

December 13th, 2006	#12 (permalink)
Exodus Now the stars don't match Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 14,200	But that's not a tongue twister... why are you trying to confuse me? __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

December 13th, 2006	#13 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,917	Don't not take 10G for your non-root root partition __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

December 13th, 2006	#14 (permalink)
darth sephiroth .!. (^.^) .!. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: You're looking at it right now. Posts: 2,017	exodus he was saying using too much is a waste, but better than using too little... __________________ "Going too far is going almost all the way around the world, then turn around to go back" - me "He's not going too far, he's going around the world" - me "They're looking for a factbook in the fiction section of the library." - me "I find spam useless and fatally contradictive to its own existence." - me

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