Linux Partitioning Scheme

• Unless you have a reason for doing otherwise, it is recommended that you create the following partitions:
• /boot partition – contains kernel images  and grub configuration and commands
• / partition
• /var partition
• /home partition
• Any other partition based on application (e.g /usr/local for squid)
• swap partition — swap partitions are used to support virtual memory. In other words, data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing. The size of your swap partition should be equal to twice your computer's RAM