Kanthi <TechAlerts@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to know the details of what are the required partitions for
> starting LInux installation, basically i go for / , /boot and swap.So

REQUIRED is only / (unless you're using umsdos or likewise, then you
can even use the "windows" partition for that).
All others is essentially a question of preference
(and ask 10 slackers, get at least 11 different answers).

On machines with not too much RAM, swap is recommended, but on
"big machines" even that isn't really needed.
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