Figure 4.10 Guided Partition Allocation
The first method is called “All files in one partition.” The entire Linux system tree is stored in a
single file system, corresponding to the root (”
/
”) directory. This simple and robust partitioning
scheme works perfectly well for personal or single-user systems. Despite the name, two partitions
will actually be created: the first will house the complete system, the second the virtual memory
(or “swap”).
The second method, “Separate
/home/
partition,” is similar, but splits the file hierarchy in two:
one partition contains the Linux system (
/
), and the second contains “home directories” (meaning
user data, in files and subdirectories available under
/home/
). One benefit to this method is that
it is easy to preserve the users’ data if you have to reinstall the system.
The last partitioning method, called “Separate
/home
,
/var
, and
/tmp
