Partitioning Disks 


 
Minimum required number of partitions on Linux is 2:  / and swap  
For Desktops it is  recommended at least 3:  /, swap, /home  
For Multi-user workstation -- at least 6:  /, /home, /usr, /var, /tmp, swap 










Partitioning scheme

Minimum space
Created partitions



All files in one partition
600MB

/, swap



Desktop machine
500MB

    /, /home, swap
  


Multi-user workstation
1GB


    /, /home,
    /usr, /var,
    /tmp, swap
  





 

Linux generic partition types: swap, ext2, ext3
Additional supported types: Raiser FS, jfs, xfs

Suggested partition layout for 8 GB disk
  IDE1 master (hda) - 8 GB  
        #1 primary    256 MB     ext3       /
        #2 primary    512 MB     swap       swap
        #5 logical    512 MB     ext3       /var
        #6 logical    3.0 GB     ext3       /usr
        #7 logical    1.0 GB     ext3       /tmp
        #8 logical    3.2 GB     ext3       /home




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