[wplug] How to Partition a 120 GB Hard Drive

[Kevin Squire]

Dear WPLUG,

I have recently ordered a 120 GB hard drive, it will be the first time I
have ever had a drive bigger then 10GB. (I can't wait :-) ) I am not
used to having this much space to work with, so I thought I would ask
you all -- "How would you partition it up?"  

It is going into a desktop system, with 3 active users, and 2
additional, very occasionally used accounts.  This is my current
thoughts on it:

1) The current (5gb) drive will become /home
2) A large portion of the new drive will be for the family music
   collection. (which will be readable by all, but writable by me)
3) A 5+ gb partition on the new drive to do a mirror backup of /home and
   a few other important files.

So my questions I guess would be --
1) How much would you dedicate for / ? 
   (I am currently just getting by with the 5GB mentioned above)
2) How much would you use for the OGGs ? 
   (or rephrase - 10CDs will take up approx ___ amount of space)
3) Is there a point where a partition is just "too big" and is just a
   waste?
4) How would you break it up ?

I know a lot of this is individual, based on each persons setup, but I
am just looking for some insight, so that I can make some kind of
educated guess on what to do with it.


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