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hi,

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:37:16AM -0300, Luciano ES wrote:
> I am want to have a NetBSD-based desktop box and intend to use the
> following partitioning scheme in a 20 Gb disk:
>=20
> label	mount	Mb
> a	/  	500
> b	swap	1,000
> e	/tmp	1,200
> f	/var	600
> g	/usr	10,000
> h	/home	7,000
>=20
> I have considerable experience with Linux, but almost zero experience
> with BSDs. I have Slackware using almost 6 Gb, and since I intend to
> install NetBSD plus all the Linux compatibility stuff and a handful of
> Linux programs, I figured I'd need at least 10 Gb in /usr. But it is
> just an estimate. I am not sure at all.
>=20
> What do you think of this scheme? Am I giving too much more or less
> space than I should to any partition? All comments are more than
> welcome.

i think it's a waste of disk space.  for desktop use i recommend swap
and one big partition to hold the whole file system.

regards,

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