[ SOLVED ] Partition Sizes For New Arch Install ?

Hi All
I have just picked up a new 250gb HDD and i'm going to do a clean install of arch & openbox and would like to know what people would suggest for various partition sizes ?
/root
/swap
etc
I have 4gb ram so not sure if swap is a required !
Many Thanks
Last edited by whitetimer (2010-11-15 09:58:47)

+1 on KlavKalashj's advice!
When the installer warns you about there not being a /boot partition either(besides the swap), then just select ignore, it's no problem at all!
If you do want a swap partiton(and don't hibernate), then I would say max 1gb imho.
For an Openbox based install, then I would say 10GB is more than enough(mine's 5, although with a tiling WM: Musca).
I don't keep the cache forever increasing, but empty it at times where I know everything is OK. Also, there's scripts available which cleans the cache up, like e.g. only keeping one revision back of each package.
Last edited by mhertz (2010-11-15 09:47:18)

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