Partition sizes
First of all, what I mostly do. I press A for the default partitions and then raise them. Below are some default sizes who are advised.
| partition | mountpoint | size | SoftUpdates | my size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | / | 1GB | N | 1GB |
| b | SWAP | 2-3x RAM size | – | 2x RAM size |
| d | /var | 512MB to 4096MB | Y | 5GB |
| e | /tmp | 1GB | Y | 1GB |
| f | /usr | Rest of disk (at least 8GB) | Y | Rest |
For the root partition it might be smart to keep track of how large the kernel is.
This size was a default of 512MB but this is too small to install 2 kernels (kernel and kernel.old).
Another thing is the /tmp partition, this defaults to 512MB, raise it to 1GB (for tar / gzip etc)