<div dir="ltr"><div>I need to do a clean reinstall of both Windows and Linux and was wondering if the following partition scheme makes sense. </div><div> </div><div>/dev/sda1 ntfs 150 GB (for Win) (obviously a primary partition)</div>
<div>/dev/sda2 ext2 1 GB /boot</div><div>/dev/sda3 extended 314 GB</div><div> /dev/sda5 ext4 35 GB /root</div><div> /dev/sda6 ext4 267 GB /home</div><div> /dev/sda7 swap 12 GB /swap</div>
<div> </div><div> </div><div>I did a lot of searching of forums and there seems to be a difference of opinion (or perhaps an evolution of opinions) on the wisdom/necessity of both the /boot and /swap partitions. </div><div>
</div><div>If hardware influences the decision at all, I have a Dell XPS15z (511z). It has a 8GB of RAM, a 500GB SATA/SSD hybrid hard drive, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M graphics card, and the Core i7-2640M CPU. </div><div>
</div><div>The two issues I was trying to get a concrete answer on is: (1) is it really beneficially to have a separate boot partition and (2) is it wise to use a swap partition with a SSD?</div><div> </div><div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div> </div><div>Thomas</div></div>