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what is a root partition n how do u make it n recoginise it?

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while installing ubuntu 8.10 n repartitioning my whole hard disk i ws asked dat root partition not defined, how to define it and how to identify it?

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thisisSHIVAM09 (thisisshivam09) said : 		#1

my laptop is a compaq one bought last year.

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#2

instead of having drive letters like windows (ie C:, D:, etc) linux's filesystem builds off of the / (root). like /home/[yourusername] or /media/cdrom

you can make the / take a majority of your hard disk, or you can give it 10-20 gigs and then the rest can be a separate /home or /data partition for your personal files. here's some more info on partitioning:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning

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