Filesystem/Partitions for new Linux system

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 04:15:51PM -0400, Anthony Alex wrote:
> I was wondering if I could get advise,  to plan out  a new linux server installation. Although it is going to be for home use for now,  I would like to follow the right methods if possible from the start, just as if I was setting it up in a business environment. 
>  
> I may be using Debian.
>  
> Questions that come up are as follows :
>  
> What are the recommended partitions one would use ?  and what size ? 
My normal partitioning is:
swap - max 500M
/ - about 500 M
/usr/ - 1 G
/home - everything else.

You might want to bump up /usr if you plan to have many applications.

I usually have /opt symbolically linked to /usr/local

>  
> I know  in the past (few years ago) I have ran into issues with LBA,  do I need to worry about this anymore ? 
No clue.

Bill

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