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    What size partition for Mint?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by ScubaSteveO, Apr 21, 2009.

  1. ScubaSteveO

    ScubaSteveO Notebook Guru

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    What size partition would you create to install Mint on? I have Vista crap on a partition and will install my antivirus and other programs there I guess. :confused:
     
    ScubaSteveO, Apr 21, 2009
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  2. proxima_centauri

    proxima_centauri Notebook Consultant

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    Depends. How many user files are you planning on storing in your Mint partition? 10-15GiB is plenty if you don't plan on storing lots of music, video, personal files, etc.
     
    proxima_centauri, Apr 21, 2009
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    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    I have 13 gigs for the root /, and 2 gigs for the swap, and the rest which is 70 gigs for /home. This is a pretty typical layout for / and /swap. The /home directory you want as large as you can afford because you will store data there like photos, music, whatever.
     
    theZoid, Apr 21, 2009
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  4. v1k1ng1001

    v1k1ng1001 Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, you can start out with a modest 15gb partition and then go back and modify the partitions if you want to allocate more space to linux.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Apr 21, 2009
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    I have Ubuntu on a 10GB partition on my laptop... I keep data on my Windows partition. So it's got plenty of room to kick around there. :cool:
     
    pixelot, Apr 23, 2009
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