partitioning

["S. Barret Dolph" <wheds8@ms66.hinet.net>]

I am probably getting too picky about repartitioning my drive but I want it to 
be set up for a long time. I never use all the space in my harddrive even 
though it is relatively small. (I only use it for work and don't play any 
games.)

Questions......

My old setup

sda1 	/ 		1g
sda5		/swap	1024k  (512ram)
sda6		/usr		6g
sda7		/home	10g

I will be using Sourcemage which puts sources in /var so I have been thinking 
about taking 3g out of home and making a /var of 3g.

 I will probably take another 3 out of home and add it to usr/ but that is 
probably overkill. Neither use too much.

I am confused about where /swap should go. I have a SCSI drive and from what I 
read that should be on the outside. So should I put /swap at sda8? (Given 
that I have added /var.)

I had a /home because it was convenient to upgrade with CD's when I only had a 
56 modem. Now that I am using a source based installation is the /home 
unnecessary as I am the only user.

Is having a /tmp partition necessary?
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