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krypton27

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[solved]required partitons for installition

installation guide shows here different partitions for root, home etc... while many videos in youtube shows installations only with one partition and another for swap is it necessary for separate partitions for installation??? thanks in advance

Last edited by krypton27 (2016-06-14 13:41:15)

Scimmia

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Re: [solved]required partitons for installition

The only partitions that are required are the root partition and an EFI system partition if you have a UEFI system.

WorMzy

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Re: [solved]required partitons for installition

is it necessary for separate partitions for installation?

No. I recommend that you follow the beginners' guide rather than the installation guide. The partitioning section states that you only need one partition, except when using UEFI, where you need two.

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-06-13 14:50:32)

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krypton27

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Re: [solved]required partitons for installition

thanks for your reply

ewaller

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Re: [solved]required partitons for installition

Partitioning is largely personal taste. Schimma (as usual) is absolutely correct.
You should decide if you want a swap, and if so, whether you want a swap file or a swap partition.  Swap partitions are handy if you want to ever hibernate your machine (not to be confused with sleep)
You also should decide whether you want your home directories on the same partition as root.  That works just fine.  But, if you ever want to reformat and reinstall root, having home on a separate partition makes that easier. You can just remount the old home partition on the new root.

And please, be wary of random Youtube videos.  They are often wrong, outdated, misguided, or represent a single use case.

Edit:  All those posts ^^ were not there when I started typing.  More coffee.

Last edited by ewaller (2016-06-14 13:42:44)

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alex.theoto

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Re: [solved]required partitons for installition

I always make a /home partition in case something brakes to reinstall (or change) the system without worrying for data loss.

madpierre

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Re: [solved]required partitons for installition

I prefer / and /home. No swap (if 4 or more G of RAM). My use is rather straightforward- email, working with documents and graphics, audio and video streaming, surfing the web, databases, web dev, etc., etc; no extreme gaming, P2P file sharing and so on. I should also note that my machines are BIOS and MBR.

Last edited by madpierre (2016-06-14 07:48:05)