On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 01:16:51 +0700, Strong <strong_yethumble@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:00:59 -0500 "Lamar Owen" <lowen@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have typically partitioned with four partitions: > > 200MB or so /boot > > swap equal to RAM size on late 2.6 kernels > > 8-10GB / > > remainder /home > > Could You explain/argument the partitioning, please? > 1. Why separate /boot? There are restrictions on /boot since it needs to be read before the system is up and running (i.e. by grub). Currently it can't be encrypted and is limited to using only raid 1 for software raid (because the layout for a single raid 1 element can be used ignoring raid when just reading).
