Hello Tony,

On 22 Oct 16 08:16, Tony Langdon wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> If I remember right, both Gentoo and Arch Linux install
 NB>> instructions for non-UEFI systems still suggest creating a /boot
 NB>> partition.

 TL> It's a habit I often follow, unless I know /boot is definitely not
 TL> needed.

I used to use that method all the time. Now not so much. If I know I'm going to
be moving things around, I'll put /home on it's own partition, but other than
that.. I don't really need to partition anything anymore, and just use a
swapfile rather than a swap partition as well.

Regards,
Nick

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