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The goal of this page is to offer advice and strategy on partitioning a Linux system.

Overview

The easiest partitioning scheme, on a non-GPT disk, is simply a root partition and a swap partition.

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Linux /boot partition size

Ubuntu standard partition layout

Name	Size
	size of RAM
	the rest of the disk

If the disk is GPT type (this can be checked via the "sudo parted -l" command), you must also add a BIOS-Boot or an EFI partition depending on the boot mode of your BIOS.

Name	Size
or	see below
	size of RAM
	the rest of the disk

On some computers, a separate /boot partition may also be required.

See paragraphs below.

Root partition (always required)

Mount point: /
Type: Linux type (generally EXT4)
Description: the root partition contains by default all your system files, program settings and documents.
Ubuntu efi partition size
Size: minimum is 8 GB. It is recommended to make it at least 15 GB. Warning: your system will be blocked if the root partition is full.

Swap (very recommended)

Mount point: none
Type: SWAP
Description: see SwapFaq.