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mitch@mdmiller.com wrote:


> Pardon me for being a neophyte here, but what else goes on the root
> partition which takes any significant or dynamic amount of space?  Isn't
> the root just a place to put all the top level directories, the contents
> of which are typically all on another partition anyway?


It largely depends on how you set up your system.

For instance, on most systems I set up, I end up having / and /usr on 
the same filesystem, which means that any RPMS I install end up on the 
root partition.  If you start with a fairly small install and later 
decide to add a bunch of flashy office suites, games, or multimedia 
applications, your storage requirements can change drastically.

-- Lars