What is the minimum number of partitions you need to
install Linux?
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Answer / bipin bachhao
as per my exp only two partions required
1) /
2) swap
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Answer / prasad.b
two partions enough /,/swap
troubleshooting point of view /boot partion must
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 39 Yes | 13 No |
Answer / sudeep
Well in my opinion is case if minimum nukber of partition is
asked then better answer would be
/
/boot
/swap
You can install linux with minimum of three partitions.
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Answer / ashutosh
/ and swap are two partitions required for installation.
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Answer / sudeep
Only two partitions / and /boot are required, because in
systems which have sufficient RAM you dont really need the
/swap partition as we all know that the reason for having
the swap partition. Linux systems typically use a partition
as swap space. This is where unused items taking up space in
memory are placed until they are needed again so that the
memory they are using can be used for something else.
Which means that if you have sufficient RAM on your computer
you really dont need the /swap partition at all.
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Answer / prasad.b
min 2 partitions is / & swap.but recovery perpose /boot must
so we need to go for min 3 partitions which are /boot,/ and swap
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 17 Yes | 7 No |
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