On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Paul J. <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm putting a extra hard drive on my XP box which will be home to > Ubuntu. I've been doing dual-boots since the mid-'90s, but haven't > done a new Linux install for a few years. I would like to partition > the Ubuntu drive to facilitate future distro upgrades, if the > partition scheme makes any difference in that area. I remember > something about having a dedicated /home partition to make upgrades easier. > > I'm a Linux hobbyist and enthusiast, so I'm asking about a partition > scheme for a "home" user. > > TIA. > > > Paul
It is useful to have a couple extra 10-20 gb partitions available for testing other distributions, reinstalling, etc. Then /, /home and swap. Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
