partitioning

S. Barret Dolph
2004-01-25T13:37:39Z

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?