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    Manual Partitioning While Installing Intrepid Ibex 8.10

    Hello,
    I'm relatively new to Ubuntu & I now want to install Ubuntu as the only OS on my laptop. I have an 80GB HDD with 1.5GB RAM. I'm assuming an 80GB HDD will have ~75GB of usable space. This is how I plan to partition the HDD. Please check if what I plan to do is O.K and correct me if I've got it wrong. So,

    Root Partition -> Size: 10GB, Mount Point: / or should it be /boot?

    Home Partition -> Size: 62GB, Mount Point: /home

    Swap -> Size: 3GB, Mount Point: What goes here?

    Will the above setup allow me to reinstall Ubuntu when required without affecting my /home partition? Since I'm still learning, I expect that I'll mess my system up at some point or the other

    Thanks in advance. I know people have asked similar questions elsewhere, but the solutions there didn't cut it which is why I seek to clarify.
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    Re: Manual Partitioning While Installing Intrepid Ibex 8.10

    that sounds about right.
    root gets mouted to /
    swap is mounted as swap (its in the scroll down list)
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    Re: Manual Partitioning While Installing Intrepid Ibex 8.10

    Unless you are running server, or intend to compile for 64 GB memory support, swap = 2.5 GB.
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    Re: Manual Partitioning While Installing Intrepid Ibex 8.10

    Thanks guys...I'll do that then...
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    Re: Manual Partitioning While Installing Intrepid Ibex 8.10

    is your /home partition primary or logical?

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