On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, RRPotratz wrote: > This CAN be confusing. Technically, the only partitions you NEED are / > and swap. Even then you may not need swap if you've got a ton of RAM. > That being said, still make a swap partition.
you only need swap if you run out of "real" memery... and even than you can use a swap file instead of a swap partition :-) > Lian Liming wrote: > > > Hi all, > > This is a question from a linux newbie. I am quite confused with > > linux hard disk partition. just use the "default" partion that the distro installer tries to use when you get annoyed with it ... than you can go fix it - everybody has a different reason for different partition schemes and should be able to tell you all the nitty gritty details of why its that partition scheme instead of a number and what will make the machine die due to the different partition schemes c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
