how best to partition HD?

[Jesse Wilson]

> /var contains things like log files and www  Next time around I'm going to make a separate var
> /home contains your login and home directories, e-mail and such.  This was my first separate partition.

Good idea-- if nothing else, it's definitely worth it to have /home on a
separate partition. That way you can reinstall YDL, go with another
version of Linux, or heck, even install BSD without losing your personal
documents and settings and such.