partitioning problems when trying to install Fedora Core 3

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 03:18:38PM -0500, Simon Tonekham wrote:
> 
>>Another friend of mine told me - from a message board, that I have to 
>>create the linux partitions manually, when I'm in the partitioning 
>>phase.This is what I want Linux to have on my 13.42GB worth of 
>>unallocated space:
>>
>>/dev/hdb1 - boot: (don't know, please specify reconmended amount)
>>/dev/hdb2 - root: 12.91GB
>>/dev/hdb3 - swap: 512MB
> 
> 
> There is no need for a seperate /boot on any modern PC.  Only back when
> there was trouble with 512, 2G or 8G drives did you really need one when
> using a drive larger than that.  Any machine built in the last 5 years
> should certainly work fine without it (heck my 1992 486 with a 95 BIOS
> works with drives up to 137G without a /boot)
> 
> Just / and swap is fine.

Also, /home makes it easier to upgrade the OS, without clobbering your 
data or settings.
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