How to make partitions in linux

[Vikas Sharma]

can any body tell me how to make partitions while installing?

can we make partitions after installation?

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vikas sharma

[vivek vyas]

which distro u r going to install ?


Generally 3 partitions req. in installation, and we cannot create partitions after installtion.

1. /              -    (4-10 GB) whole OS   , u can use more
2. /boot        -   (100 MB)  Booting files and images, kernel loader etc.,
3. swap       -      It's size depends on your RAM, generally we make partition double size of RAM we have.

During Installation it will ask for partitioning, If u want to install Single OS as linux, choose automatic partition option there.  u will done all.


Cheers -  

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Vivek Vyas
RedHat Certified Engineer
Mangalam Information Technology Ltd.

[dcsl...@gmail.com]

Hi,

Actually it is best to create /boot as ext3 and then rest of harddrive
to make a physical volume --> volumegroup --> and thenlogical volumes
as per rquirement.
most of linux distros now a days allow you to set that up during
installation.

LVM is more popular now a days as you can expand / shrink (bit tricky)
partitions on live systems without down time.

hope this helps

regards

On Feb 14, 12:47 pm, vivek vyas <vivek3151...@gmail.com> wrote:
> which distro u r going to install ?
>
> Generally 3 partitions req. in installation, and we cannot create partitions
> after installtion.
>
> 1. /              -    (4-10 GB) whole OS   , u can use more
> 2. /boot        -   (100 MB)  Booting files and images, kernel loader etc.,
> 3. swap       -      It's size depends on your RAM, generally we make
> partition double size of RAM we have.
>
> During Installation it will ask for partitioning, If u want to install
> Single OS as linux, choose automatic partition option there.  u will done
> all.
>
> Cheers -
>