Hard Drive Partition Scheme
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Overview
Unless you have a reason for doing otherwise, we recommend that you create the following partitions for Amahi Fedora based systems:
- swap
- /boot
- /home
- /
Swap (at least 256 MB)
Swap partitions support virtual memory: data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing.
The following table provides the recommended size of a swap partition depending on the amount of RAM in your system.
| System RAM | Recommended swap space |
|---|---|
| < 2GB | 2 times the amount of RAM |
| > 2GB – 8GB | Equal to the amount of RAM |
| > 8GB – 64GB | 0.5 times the amount of RAM |
| > 64GB | 4GB of swap space |
/boot (500 MB)
The partition mounted on /boot contains the operating system kernel (which allows your system to boot Fedora), along with files used during the bootstrap process. For most users, a 500 MB boot partition is sufficient.
/home (at least 1GB)
To store user data separately from system data, create a dedicated partition within a volume group for the /home directory. This will enable you to upgrade or reinstall Fedora without erasing user data files.
/ (ALL remaining space)
This is where / (the root directory) is located. In this setup, all files (except those stored in /boot) are on the root partition. It's best that ALL remaining space be allocated to this partition.
NOTE: Also the default location of the Greyhole Landing Zone (/var/hda/files).
Reference: Fedora Recommended Partitioning Scheme
