On Monday 01 January 2007 13:09, edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Monday 01 January 2007 11:14, edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>Matt C wrote: > >>>>So, I think 10GB Disk space for install all packages is ok ? > >>> > >>>10GB is good for the root partition. Depending on what you're using the > >>>machine for, you might also want 20GB for /home. > >> > >>Sorry, what useful for root partition ? > > > >Edward, mine is a very average install - nowhere near everything. 'df -h' > >shows > >Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > >/dev/hdb1 12G 4.7G 6.7G 42% / > > > >I think you are going to need more space than you originally thought if > > you want such a lot installed. > > > >Anne > > All of the packages around 4.xGB size ? Yes, at this moment, but that doesn't show any indication of /temp usage, which can be quite high from time to time. > BTW, how about of your swap partition ? 1GB. I had only 512MB on FC4 and it never caused me any problems. It was rarely used. > What Internet Service are you using ? Not sure what you are asking there, Edward. No Internet service that accounts for anything significant. Apart from samba I don't run any servers. My biggest space-requirement is when I'm video-processing, so I have special partitions and a huge /home to allow for that. Anne
Attachment:
pgpKCRniqoAZh.pgp
Description: PGP signature
