[arch-general] Install Arch in stages?

[Leonid Isaev]

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:22:09 +0100
clemens fischer <ino-news at spotteswoode.dnsalias.org> wrote:

> Grant McDuling wrote:
> 
> > Hi, I am new to Arch, being a Mint user until now. I have the iso on
> > CD now and ready to install. Can I do this is stages or is it best to
> > do the complete basic install in one sitting?
> 
> Regarding disk partitioning:  Arch wants to have /usr on the same
> partition as "/" (the root), as long as some programs needed around boot
> time reside on /usr.
> 
> With my setup (which has no desktop environment), my disks would need
> (spacewise):
> 
>   / + /usr   ext4   9G
>   /opt       ext4   9G
>   /boot      ext2   1G
>   /var       ext4   9G
>   /rest      ext4  77G
>   /home      ext4   9G
> 
> with plenty of room left.  The numbers don't add up to eg. 250GB because
> I keep several linux installations, one of which is a "hot spare" synced
> daily _before_ doing "pacman -Su" to upgrade the main system.
> 
> What disk space do other people on this list need?
> 
> 
> clemens
> 

I think it's a better idea to have either /var/lib or entire /var on reiserfs.

/        ext4     30Gb
/var     ext4     10Gb
/boot    ext4     100Mb
/var/lib reiserfs 500Mb
/home    ext4     85Gb
/tmp     ext2     2Gb

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