Disk partitions

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> Jorge Gusmao wrote:
>> Can someone please explain the basics of disk partition necessary for
>> a ubuntu installation?
>> What is the best way to do it and witch kind of partitions (primary,
>> extended, system...) are necessary?
>
> If the info at [1,2] isn't good enough, please let us know what else you
> need to know.

:¬)

It may help, but it's complex and unclear, which is why I wrote those
tutorials...

Summary:

Single boot:
Primary, bootable root partition, 16GB-32GB
1 extended partition - in there:
1 /home partition, all remaining disk space-2GB
1 swap partition, 2GB

Dual-boot - leave Windows in the primary partition, put root, home and
swap all in the extended.



-- 
Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven
Email: lproven at cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com
Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419
AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lproven at hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508