Disk partitioning

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Syed Sayem edited this page May 16, 2019 · 1 revision

The following table provides the recommended size of a swap partition depending on the amount of RAM in your system and whether you want sufficient memory for your system to hibernate.

RAM	No Hibernation	With Hibernation	Maximum
4GB	2GB	6GB	8G
6GB	2GB	8GB	12G
8GB	3GB	11GB	16G
12GB	3GB	15GB	24GB
16GB	4GB	20GB	32GB
24GB	5GB	29GB	48GB
32GB	6GB	38GB	64GB
64GB	8GB	72GB	128GB
128GB	11GB	139GB	256GB

I will create the following partitions for my system

Partition	Name	File System	Size
/dev/sdc2	Macintosh HD	apfs	474G
/dev/sdc3	Ubuntu Swap	linux-swap	38G
/dev/sdc3	Ubuntu	ext4	125G
/dev/sdc4	Arch Linux Swap	linux-swap	38G
/dev/sdc5	Arch Linux	ext4	125G
/dev/sdc7	Windows 10	ntfs	200G