What size partition for Leopard?

I am thinking of installing Leopard on a partition by itself. Three questions:
1. What components should be on the "Leopard" partition? Can "users" be somewhere else?
2. When installing from the CDs, can I split things between two different partitions?
3. What overall size should I make the "system" partition so that it is big enough to accommodate future updates (but not wasting valuable HD space that I could be using for something else) ?

1. Yes, the user account can be somewhere else. It is now an advanced option in the Accounts preferences.
2. The installation is from a DVD and you cannot "split" the installation. It must be to a single volume. Splitting the installation has never been an installer option.
3.Leopard requires at least 6.5 GBs for a pretty minimum installation - no languages, no Asian fonts, and two printer driver sets - GutenPrint drivers and one other family. Plan on additional space for OS X and I would say not less than 20 GBs unless you store applications on the startup volume (recommended) in which case at least 30 GBs.

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