Hello. I bought a new laptop and just upgraded the hdd from 80 gig to 250 gig. Here's how I'm thinking of partitioning the hdd:

1. root ~10 gig
2. swap ~1 gig
3. home ~40 gig
4. files ~200 gig

Just as in windows, I see my"home" partition as a work space - temporary space for working on videos, ripping cds and dvds, copying cds and dvds, etc. I also will store .deb and other such files I've downloaded from the web, styles, walls, etc.

I see my"files" partition as the place to store ... my files: music, videos, game roms, pictures, etc.

How do you feel about it? I just installed the drive a few minutes ago and it is eagerly awaiting the installation of antix! Thanks.

john

That seems like a good set up to me.
How much space do you need for the 'home' for temporary video editing?
Do you think 40GBs is enough?

Good luck.

Thanks for that; that is a good question. I will be:

1. ripping vinyl, cassettes, cds, and dvds.
2. copying cds and dvds.
3. converting the ripped vinyl and cassettes into mp3s.
4. if I record a show from the TV onto a dvd or transfer a vhs to a dvd (using a dvd/vhs combo unit - hooked up to the tv, not the computer), then I may rip the recorded dvd to the hdd and then make menus, chapters, etc.

I don't intend to keep the working files; once the project is complete, the finished product will be moved to the"files" partition and the working files will be deleted. (Perhaps in rare cases I may keep them, but I can always move them to the"files" partition if the home partition gets crowded.)

That's why I was thinking of the 40 gigs. I'm not doing massive work, so I want a comfortably sized partition rather than just enough. What do you suggest for my situation? Thanks.

john

P.S. Do you think that it will be necessary to reboot the laptop after setting up the partitions with gparted (from the livecd)?

I suppose if you do the job one by one and then delete the unwanted files before doing the next job then 40GB should be ample.

You shouldn't need to reboot after setting the partitions.