My normal partition setup is usually /boot of about 1-2GB (excessive but i have run out of boot space before and it was ugly) and / and for mechanical HDD's 2-6gb swap depending on use/ram availability, for my recent install i have no swap and 16gb ram and running linux on an ssd. space used in home i would take a peek at how much "stuf" you have stashed there. and plan accordingly, but 20GB overall is usually enough for Linux depending on where you install/put things. On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Stephen M wrote: > Hi All, > > I need to reinstall a new OS on my laptop because Mint 17.1 keeps having > trouble downloading packages sometimes. Mostly it says that 'a template > for "rebecca" could not be found.' So the release is just having growing > pains. > > Onto my question though, I want to install something else but want to know > about partitioning my drive. I have not gotten into LVMs so I need to read > up on those before trying. I know that it depends but I would like some > options. I have a 250 GB drive, I am wanting to make a separate /, home, > var, tmp, and usr directories. I am looking for a possible percentage of > whats best works for a home computer more or less. > > If someone doesn't mind giving me an insight that would be helpful. > Usually I have done 5-10GB for / and 2GB for swap and the rest for home. I > want to see what others have tried in the past that has worked for them. > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > Stephen Melheim > 602-400-7707 > SMelheim85@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen