minimum "/" partition size

[Default User]

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 22:02 -0500, W. Scott Lockwood III wrote:
> Make / 4gb. 
> 
> Make /boot 64Mb. 
> 
> Make /tmp 2gb. 
> 
> Put everything else in either /home or /export (depending on what type of
> system you're making).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Default User
> Subject: minimum "/" partition size
> This is because I suspect
> this is a problem of and older bios that doesn't work unless the /
> partition is 8gb or smaller. 
> 
> But what size to make the / partition? Too small and it won't hold
> everything it needs to hold over time after kernel upgrades, etc.  Too
> big and it wastes disk space. Also, with a separate "primary" /
> partition, how should the rest of the disk be partitioned? 
> 
> 
> 

Thanks to Mr. Gray, Mr Richter, and Mr. Lockwood for the advice. Just
one question, though. Why would a separate /boot partition be ext2
(non-journaled) rather than ext3 (journaled). Wouldn't ext3 be more
robust?