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? 2. 10Gb - for OS is static/dynamic data mixing as Jonathan W wisely has pointed out?