Automatic installation - is there an advantage?

[Liam Proven]

On 21 March 2015 at 08:27, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> What would be the advantage of a separate /boot partition? Usually it
> fills up over time with old kernels and then you will eventually run out
> of space. Looking at my /boot, I would expect 300MB to be sufficient
> space for about 8 kernels. Granted, you could easily remove old kernels
> but you would have to remember to do so from time to time.

Agreed. Don't use a separate /boot

> There is no need to use separate partitions to protect /home or
> /usr/local during installation.

Half agree.

I recommend using a separate /home but get rid of /usr/local.

All you need is:

/
/home
swap




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