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10 Start-Up<br />

The partitions to create depend on the available space. The following are some basic<br />

partitioning guidelines:<br />

Up to 4 GB:<br />

One partition for the swap space and one root partition (/). In this case, the root<br />

partition must allow for those directories that <strong>of</strong>ten reside on their own partitions<br />

if more space is available.<br />

4 GB or More:<br />

A swap partition, a root partition (1 GB), and one partition each for the following<br />

directories as needed: /usr (4 GB or more), /opt (4 GB or more), and /var<br />

(1 GB). If you do not want to have separate partitions for these directories, add the<br />

suggested disk space to the root partition. The rest <strong>of</strong> the available space can be<br />

used for /home.<br />

Depending on the hardware, it might also be useful to create a boot partition (/boot)<br />

to hold the boot mechanism and the Linux kernel. This partition should be located at<br />

the start <strong>of</strong> the disk and should be at least 8 MB or one cylinder. As a rule <strong>of</strong> thumb,<br />

always create such a partition if it was included in YaST's original proposal. If you are<br />

unsure about this, create a boot partition to be on the safe side.<br />

You should also be aware that some (mostly commercial) programs install their data<br />

in /opt. Therefore, either create a separate partition for /opt or make the root partition<br />

large enough. KDE and GNOME are also installed in /opt.<br />

Partitioning with YaST<br />

When you select the partitioning item in the suggestion window for the first time, the<br />

YaST partitioning dialog displays the proposed partition settings. Accept these current<br />

settings as they are or change them before continuing. Alternatively, discard all the<br />

settings and start over from scratch.<br />

Nothing in the partitioning setup is changed if you select Accept Proposal. If you select<br />

Base Partition Setup on This Proposal, the Expert Partitioner opens. It allows tweaking<br />

the partition setup in every detail. This dialog is explained in Section 2.5.6, “Partitioner”<br />

(page 53). The original setup as proposed by YaST is <strong>of</strong>fered there as a starting point.<br />

Selecting Create Custom Partition Setup opens the dialog for hard disk selection. Use<br />

the list to choose among the existing hard disks on your system. <strong>SUSE</strong> Linux will be<br />

installed on the disk selected in this dialog.

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