Partitioning Disk

[Ray Leventhal]

Terry Ehrhart wrote:
> I have an 80Gb hard drive that I want to install Ubuntu 9.04 on. I know that
> I need a 1Gb swap file. 
> 
> What other partitions do I need and what size they should be. 
> 
> The drive will be used only for Linux. 
> 
>  
> 
> Terry Ehrhart
> 
Hi Terry,

Partitioning schemes, including the need for a swap partition, vary from 
user to user - we all have opinions and most are right for our 
particular use needs.

Personally, with an 80GB drive, I'd make a swap following the old 
formula where your swap partition is equal to twice the RAM on the 
system.  Other than that, I'd make a / partition of about 20 GB, then 
the rest in /home.

YMMV,
-Ray