From: bjl@loki.research.ptt.nl (Ben Lippolt) Subject: Re: How small a root partition can I get away with? Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 07:13:49 GMT
msb@cats.ucsc.edu (Maurice Stanley Barnum) writes:
>Would a 4 meg root partition be enough? Offhand, I can't think of
>too much that goes on the partition, though I don't know how big
>/dev and /bin get.
I use 4 meg and that's plenty. I even keep 2-4 kernels around. The trick
is to put only enough stuff on it to be able to mount your /usr partition.
I believe that without my kernels my root-partition is about 1-1.5 meg.
But in your case you might consider making one 60 meg partition and put
everything (/ /usr swap) on that partition. That way you make the most
efficient use of your system. 60 meg should be enough for a decent Linux
system. My /usr (including all the basic stuff, X11, TeX, etc) is about
45 meg.
Ben Lippolt.