[H-GEN] partition advice

[Paul Gearon]

> There is a whole theory of how to partition a disk :)

I was worried about this.  :^)

<<snip>>

> SWAP The idea here is that as the drive head is flying 
> between different
>      partitions it shoudl pass over the swap partition and be 
> able to read
>      and write stuff there before going on its way.

This makes sense, but does it really happen this way?

> /opt has a similar function to /usr but doesn't contain 
> 'system' stuff so
>      gets to sit just behind /usr.

I tend to use /usr rather than /opt.  My /opt is empty.

<<snip>>

> I hope this helps.

It does, thanks.  Any recommendations on size though?

Paul Gearon
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