[QCLUG] Partitioning Hard Drive

[Nick Miller]

Robert Jones wrote:
> I've been playing with Kubuntu 8.04 Beta on my laptop and tried 
> VirtualBox and some other stuff hoping I could get rid of Vista. I 
> don't like VirtualBox so will just have to do a dual boot after all. 
> Oh, Well. Maybe later.  I still have a couple of things to look at to 
> see if they work with my GPS or not but my hopes aren't high. Anyway, 
> I will be setting the laptop back up with 7.10 (or waiting for 8.04 in 
> about a month) and need some advice. After my Window Vista is shrunk 
> as far as I can take it I have 65 GB to put Kubuntu in. When I set it 
> up I want to have the "/", "/home" and or course the "swap" on 
> separate "drives".  How much of the 65 GB should I assign to the 
> "swap" and "/"?  I don't want to crowd them but I don't want to wast 
> space either. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Have A Great Day
> Bob Jones
>

The swap partition usually only needs around 250mb (if that), from what 
I understand. Heck, I've gotten away with no swap partition, but it's 
probably not a good idea from a performance standpoint.

- Nick