What is the minimum number of partitions you need to
install Linux?
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / avijit bain
as per my exp only two partions required /(root), SWAP But in the universal installation three partition are need /(root) , /boot , SWAP .
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Answer / mark
Linux requires two partitions at minimum:
a partition that is mounted to the root directory (the root
partition)
a partition used to hold virtual memory (the swap partition)
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Answer / npeter
One partition, / is the minimum with which you can install
Linux.
All other partitions are optional.
You can live without swap or create a swap file.
everything else can be diretories under /
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Answer / ajaykotma
For x86 and AMD64 systems, at least two partitions / and swap must be dedicated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
For Itanium systems, at least three partitions / , /boot , and swap must be dedicated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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Answer / anvesh reddy
At a bare minimum, Linux requires just one partition to
install and boot. This is the root
partition, which is known as the / partition. However, a
minimum of two partitions is recommended: one
for the root partition and one for the swap partition.
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Answer / samjith
minimum 2 partitions required for installing Linux...
1. /
2. /swap
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Answer / bharat malik
I think two root and /boot as root contains everything and /boot is to load as it contains the kernel but /swap isn't tat required becoz if ram is enough to handle everything then allocating space for it will be a wastage.
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Answer / praveen jerald
7.5GB of HDD
512MB of RAM
Pentium 4 processor
3.5GB to 4GB Hard Disk
2 Partitions: /(root) and swap.
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