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Originally Posted by enginestar
'manually partitioning': i assume this is using gparted, then installing and choosing one of the ready made partitions?
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Whether done in advance of beginning an installation , or using the partitioner integrated into a distro's installation system, manually means you select the sizes and order and formatting and mount points rather than the installer "suggesting" or dictating any or all of these.
The 120GB Mushkin SSD I bought last month I fully partitioned in advance for multiboot without windows thus:
Code:
# parted -l /dev/sda
Model: ATA MKNSSDSR120GB (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 120GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 337MB 336MB fat16 M12P01 EFI System (ESP) boot, esp
2 337MB 2174MB 1837MB linux-swap(v1) M12P02 Linux Swap swap
3 2174MB 2593MB 419MB ext2 M12P03 Linux reservation
4 2593MB 6787MB 4194MB ext4 M12P04 Linux /usr/local
5 6787MB 13.5GB 6711MB ext4 M12P05 Linux /home
6 13.5GB 26.7GB 13.2GB ext4 M12P06 Linux /pub
7 26.7GB 35.1GB 8389MB ext4 M12P07 openSUSE Tumbleweed
8 35.1GB 43.5GB 8389MB ext4 M12P08 openSUSE 15.0
9 43.5GB 51.9GB 8389MB ext4 M12P09 available
10 51.9GB 60.3GB 8389MB ext4 M12P10 Debian 10 Butch
11 60.3GB 68.7GB 8389MB ext4 M12P11 Debian 10 Fat Butch
12 68.7GB 77.0GB 8389MB ext4 M12P12 Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic
13 77.0GB 85.4GB 8389MB ext4 M12P13 Debian 10 Butch 02
14 85.4GB 93.8GB 8389MB ext4 M12P14 Buster mini mini
15 93.8GB 102GB 8389MB ext4 M12P15 Buster standard
16 102GB 111GB 8389MB ext4 M12P16 Linux Data todo
The sizes may look a bit odd. That's because I use a non-free cross-platform partitioner in which sizes are normally specified and listed in MiB instead of MB. In MiB their sizes are: 320,1752,400,4000,6400,12600,8000,8000,8000,8000,8000,8000,8000,8000,8000,8000.
What sizes you should use depends on how much you will rely on Windows, which needs more space than Linux largely because of its large swap and hibernation files. 48 or so GB should be enough for Win10 if you don't expect to load it with downloads and games. That would leave about 72GB for the rest if you can live without any Windows recovery partition, which I always do. Follows should be suitable for two distros in addition to Win10:
Code:
320MB FAT EFI/ESP
16MB Windows reserved
48GB Windows system NTFS
8GB swap
18GB Linux distro / #1 EXT4
18GB Linux distro / #2 EXT4
27GB Linux /home EXT4 or XFS