What sizes should you allocate to the /, /boot, /home and swap
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I have just got the new installation of Ubuntu 9.10. I am doing a clean install. I have already windows XP on a separate partition. I went to the advanced options for partitions the file system. However, I need to allocate space for the root, boot, swap and home directories. I am just wondering wha…
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The root '/' - Is that where all the linux installation files gets installed to? The /boot - Should be mounted on a primary partition so that the BI…
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/boot does not need a lot of space (say 1 Go). /swap used to be twice the RAM on old configurations, now with more than 2 Go of ram, you won't need more than 2 Go of swap. / is important and difficult to scale : will you install a lot of stuff ? Wil…
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