Need sugestions for partition scheme

toniovr · 27 March 2022 16:14

Hi, guys. Few weeks ago I had to bought a new laptop.
It has 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD.
As I did with my old laptop I created:

1. Boot: 512 MB
2. Root: 150 GB
3. Swap: 8 GB
4. Home: the rest of memory left

But everything in the SSD, didn’t have enough time at store to use the HDD.
It works fine but I’ve been reading about partition scheme and SSD write limitation
So now I have a doubt if I should reinstall, what partition scheme could I use and where to create the Swap and Home partitions (SSD or HDD).
Hope anyone can help me with this one.

maycne.sonahoz · 27 March 2022 16:18

Here’s some inspiration.

[HowTo] Use multiple partitions / drives in your Manjaro installation

How should i partition my system?

Here are some questions to ask yourself that can help you decide on a partitioning:

What files should a set apart?

Why should i set those files apart?

Where do i mount those files?

To illustrate, here are some common use cases:

/home contains all user files, so putting it on a separate partition also let the operating system to have its own. This allows for instance to reinstall or change operating system while keeping all user files.

/media/share shall contain files one wants to share with another installed operating system. This is quite mandatory when dual-booting with Windows, as the latter cannot read filesystems usually used on Linux.

Tip: when creating a partition, add a label to it, so you can more easily identify it.

For more details on partitioning, see: Partitioning - ArchWiki

When should i partition my system?

Ideally, partitioning your system before or at installation is easier, as you do not have to work with existing files and partitions.

But if you already have running system, do not fret! Even if you will need to be careful, it is still perfectly doable even at this point.

Unless you may put your system to hibernation, you can do without Swap.

toniovr · 5 April 2022 17:27

Thanks @maycne.sonahoz! It helped me to understand partition scheme a little better.
I set it like this:
On SSD:
-Boot: 512 MB
-Root: 200 GB
On 1 TB HDD:
-Swap: 8 GB
-Home: the rest