[QCLUG] Partitioning Hard Drive

[Jim Hall]

Leif Theden wrote:
> Just my 2 cents, but i have found it to be EXTREMELY (note the
> emphasis) helpful to make a seperate / and /home partition.  If you
> are like me, i switch distros once in a while, having your /home in a
> seperate mount will make distro switches infinately easier, because
> you dont have to worry about wiping your personal files.  For example,
> I just changed from Arch Linux to Ubuntu, and I was able to keep my
> home directory intact, even though my root ( / ) was completely
> formatted.  Good luck!
> 
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Robert Jones <Robert@rm-jones.com> 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
>>_______________________________________________
>>
> 


Don't forget that programs are installed in / . If you plan to install a 
lot of them you'll need a larger that normal size. Found that out the 
hard way.

Jim