Recommended sizes for file systems

[Chris Jones]

Currently, I am running FC2 and until now have had no problem with 
installing new kernels. However, with the latest FC2 kernel (2.6.9-1.3), 
I have experienced the issue of the install running out of space on / 
when installing. My file system sizes are as follows:-
 df -m
Filesystem           1M-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1                  251       216        22  91% /
none                       252         0       252   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda9               107114     72461     34654  68% /home
/dev/hda5                  251        17       222   7% /tmp
/dev/hda7                 4031      3579       247  94% /usr
/dev/hda6                  510       263       222  55% /var
/dev/hdb1                 4925      2889      1786  62% /var/lycoris
/dev/hdb6                11379      1328     10052  12% /export/lycoris
//gandalf/gandalf_c      40005     12771     27234  32% /export/gandalfc
//gandalf/gandalf_d      37001      5242     31759  15% /export/gandalfd
//gandalf/gandalf_e      37464     12896     24568  35% /export/gandalfe
/dev/loop0                   8         1         8   1% 
/tmp/initrd.mnt.J27039

/dev/hda is a Seagate 120Gb drive partitioned as shown above, while 
/dev/hdb is an old Quantum Fireball of 17Gb.

My question is what are the best partition sizes I should adopt, 
particalarly as I am about to upgrade to FC3 - / and /usr are both too 
small currently. Should I create symlinks into /home for some of the 
directory's in the / and /usr areas? If so, which ones can safely be 
symlinked? Or should I re-partition (after backing up everything I need)?

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Chris Jones
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