Re: Newbie's question about hard disk partition
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, RRPotratz wrote:
> This CAN be confusing. Technically, the only partitions you NEED are /
> and swap. Even then you may not need swap if you've got a ton of RAM.
> That being said, still make a swap partition.
you only need swap if you run out of "real" memery...
and even than you can use a swap file instead of a swap partition :-)
> Lian Liming wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > This is a question from a linux newbie. I am quite confused with
> > linux hard disk partition.
just use the "default" partion that the distro installer tries to use
when you get annoyed with it ... than you can go fix it
- everybody has a different reason for different partition schemes
and should be able to tell you all the nitty gritty details of
why its that partition scheme instead of a number and what
will make the machine die due to the different partition schemes
c ya
alvin
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