[ubuntu-in] Partitioning Drive for i Linux

[Ritesh Sinha]

Jag,

While there is no hard and fast rule for partitioning (apart from having a
separate swap partition), in my opinion it's best to separate /home /boot
and /. This allows for easy movement between upgrades.

Sample layout

Boot: Ext2 : 500 MB (this should be MORE than enough, unless you intend to
install many kernels. ext2 filesystem since journaling isn't required)
Swap: Thumb rule is twice of RAM. I've gotten away with less (I have about 2
GB of RAM).
/ : 40 GB
/home (ext3): the rest of the space

or alternatively
/home :20 GB
Rest can be split into categories like
/music
/movies
based on the size of your music and movie collections

Regards,

Ritesh


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:11 PM, consoleart <consoleart at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All, Good day !!!
>
> Can someone suggest a best partitioning method for installing linux.
>
> I dont want tools that are used for partioning, but what  file systems
> to use and how much to be given for each drive,(I have a 240 GB hard disk).
>
> how much to give as SWAP / root etc.,
>
> Regards
> Jag
>
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