Subj : Re: Slackware 10.0 Partioning help
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Sun Sep 19 2004 03:13 pm

Gator enlightened us with:
> I am installing Slackware 10.0 into my laptop. My laptop has a 12GB
> hard drive. I have read many articles on websites that say I should
> have four partitions (root, /home, /usr and swap). I've only been
> using Linux for about a year. Do I need four partitions or will 2
> partitions do it(swap and root)?

Swap and root will do, but I (and many others) also prefer putting
/home in a separate partition.

Sybren
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