[ubuntu-in] [Ubuntu-in] Linux Partition

[Gora Mohanty]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:59:43 +0530
Mehdi <akrinar at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Dear Friends*
> I have seen many kind of partition for linux. but i do not know
> that which one is the best.
> 
> This is one example:
> /boot
> swap
> /root
> /home
[...]

You will definitely want a swap partitition. But, for a desktop
machine nowadays, I see no real reason to have a separate partition
for /boot. I would say go with
  swap
  /
  /home
The last one lets you upgrade/switch distributions without
affecting user data.

Regards,
Gora