Thu 15 Jun 2006
Linux partitioning
Posted by Prakash under Linux
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People often ask me what is the best way to partition a PC used for a laptop/ home desktop or professional workstation for Linux.
Here are some ideas on how you should do it.
- If you plan to dual boot, the first primary partition can be Windows – Fat 32, this makes the partition read-write enabled on Linux, so makes it easy to switch files between Linux and Windows.
- The second primary partition is Linux mounted as /
- The third primary partition is Linux mounted as /data (optional)
- The forth partition is extended for the rest of the file system
- The firth partition is a logical partition formatted as swap which is twice the size of RAM but need not be more than 1GB for a office workstation/home PC.
- The sixth partition is a logical partition mounted as /home which will use up the balance space..
The third partition can be used when you wish to install another version of Linux without disturbing your existing one. For example I am using SUSE Linux 10.1 which is installed in the second partition. When I want to install 10.2, I can install it in the third partition and mount the same (firth partition) as /home.
The second (mounted as /) and third Linux partitions can be 10-15 GB.
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