On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 00:19 +0500, Sebin Jacob wrote: > If he isn't a distro hopper, what you say is okay. But if he intend to > install Arch Linux, a separate /boot partition is must. Just 32 MB > will suffice. But it should be one of the primary partitions.
Thank you for the information. I have not tried Arch, but have used Debian, Ubuntu, Poseidon, Mandriva, Knoppix, Morphix and probably a couple of others. I have never had the need for a separate /boot partition, except in older days when the system could not boot from partitions beyond the first 1024 cylinders. Perhaps, this is special for Arch, though I don't understand why. But it is essential to have a separate /home partition especially if you plan to reinstall the system when a new version is available or to try out different OSes. Otherwise, every time you will have to back up your /home directories before installing a new distro or new version of the distro. > /var is where all your log files go. Normally servers only need > separate /var. But its not a problem even if you have it. I have > separate partitions for /, /boot, /home, /var, /usr, /tmp, and of > course /swap True. One could have separate partitions for any of these and more, but they are not essential. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
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