[PLUG] Linux partition scheme

Bill Barry barryb at proaxis.com
Tue May 12 05:09:29 UTC 2009


On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Paul J. <keinschwein at spiretech.com> wrote:
> I'm putting a extra hard drive on my XP box which will be home to
> Ubuntu.  I've been doing dual-boots since the mid-'90s, but haven't
> done a new Linux install for a few years.  I would like to partition
> the Ubuntu drive to facilitate future distro upgrades, if the
> partition scheme makes any difference in that area.  I remember
> something about having a dedicated /home partition to make upgrades easier.
>
> I'm a Linux hobbyist and enthusiast, so I'm asking about a partition
> scheme for a "home" user.
>
> TIA.
>
>
> Paul

It is useful to have a couple extra 10-20 gb partitions available for
testing other distributions, reinstalling, etc.
Then /, /home and swap.

Bill



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