On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:22:09 +0100 clemens fischer <ino-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Grant McDuling wrote: > > > Hi, I am new to Arch, being a Mint user until now. I have the iso on > > CD now and ready to install. Can I do this is stages or is it best to > > do the complete basic install in one sitting? > > Regarding disk partitioning: Arch wants to have /usr on the same > partition as "/" (the root), as long as some programs needed around boot > time reside on /usr. > > With my setup (which has no desktop environment), my disks would need > (spacewise): > > / + /usr ext4 9G > /opt ext4 9G > /boot ext2 1G > /var ext4 9G > /rest ext4 77G > /home ext4 9G > > with plenty of room left. The numbers don't add up to eg. 250GB because > I keep several linux installations, one of which is a "hot spare" synced > daily _before_ doing "pacman -Su" to upgrade the main system. > > What disk space do other people on this list need? > > > clemens > I think it's a better idea to have either /var/lib or entire /var on reiserfs. / ext4 30Gb /var ext4 10Gb /boot ext4 100Mb /var/lib reiserfs 500Mb /home ext4 85Gb /tmp ext2 2Gb -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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