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| ===== Basic Partitioning ===== | ===== Basic Partitioning ===== | ||
| - | In case you "simply" want to grant yourself the option to separate the system from your personal documents (translate this to: any user's created document), a basic custom partitioning scheme would be to create a separated "/home" partition. | + | In case you "simply" want to grant yourself the option to separate the system files from your personal documents (translate this to: any user's created document), a basic custom partitioning scheme would be to create a separated "/home" partition. |
| - | As discussed below, the effective space reserved for the "system" or "/" partition and the one reserved for your "/home" partition cannot be determined absolutely. It all depends on the available space on your hard disk drive and the type of work you intend to execute on the machine. It is generally referenced as your own "use case". | + | As discussed below, the effective space reserved for the "system", or "/", partition and the one reserved for your "/home" partition cannot be determined absolutely. It all depends on the available space on your hard disk drive and the type of work you intend to execute on the machine. It is generally called your own "use case". |
| - | If you still want an indication of the volumes to be allocated, consider that about 50GB is probably a minimum for your system, outside of the "/home" folder that could then use the rest of the available space on your hard drive. | + | If you still want an indication of the volumes to be allocated, consider that about 50GiB is probably a minimum for your system, outside of the "/home" partition that could then use the rest of the available space on your hard drive. |
| ===== Custom Partitions Sizes ===== | ===== Custom Partitions Sizes ===== | ||
| First of all let's state it clearly: | First of all let's state it clearly: | ||
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| I simply hope that this introduction to the subject gave you sufficient insight to allow you to make an educated decision on the partition scheme that would best fit your particular hardware and use case. | I simply hope that this introduction to the subject gave you sufficient insight to allow you to make an educated decision on the partition scheme that would best fit your particular hardware and use case. | ||
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| + | ===== My Final Partition Scheme ===== | ||
| + | Well, if of any interest after all this, my final partition scheme (for a 250GB SSD) is as follow: | ||
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