This config should work great. Without X the /usr should be large enough for everything needed. I would be worried about the /usr/src if there's going to be any recompiling going on (recommended). Especially for a 2.4.x kernel. Maybe reformat the /var drive for.. 600MB = /var 200MB = /usr/src That should do the trick... maybe. If you want I can recomend a distro for you. Trustix Secure Linux. http://www.trustix.org/ Based on RH 6.1 and updated and secured meant to be used as a secure server. It will handle the 2.4.x kernel (just download and compile). But comes w/ a 2.2.19 version. It will easily fit in that amount of space. Even w/ a complete install. There is a floppy for net install if the ISO is not an option for you. The current version is 1.5 and is very nice IMHO. No X even. : ) sim > > So, here's the question: With not running X, what are my partitions > > > sizes supposed to be? I have an older System book which is based > off of > > RedHat, but that is for the old 2.2 kernel and RH 6.1 I think but > the > > partitions seem to be too small now. > well, given what you have, here's what I'd recommend: > (everyone will find some fault with this, so listen to them too) > /var -- 800MB -- this is so your squid cache has some space, if you > set one of > them up. > /usr -- 800MB -- you don't really need all that; but if you're worried > about > being out of space, that should be more than plenty. the other > advantage of > making /usr a separate partition, is that you can mount it read-only > after > you have everything installed, so it'll be less susceptible to > corruption, > and harder for a cracker to install a rootkit/backdoor/trojan. if it's > on a > separate drive, it may even be possible to jumper the drive to be > physically > read-only (some old drives support this). > / -- 200MB -- this is for /boot, /bin, /sbin, and /tmp (/tmp should > always > be on the / partition, because it may be needed during the boot > sequence). > you could also leave /home on this drive, if you don't ever plan on > doing > anything with it. > swap -- the last 200MB drive. make your swap partition at least twice > as big > as your RAM, for 2.4 kernels. how much memory do you have?