Wise disk parting.

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On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:00:59 -0500 "Lamar Owen" <lowen at pari.edu> wrote:
> I have typically partitioned with four partitions:
> 200MB or so /boot
> swap equal to RAM size on late 2.6 kernels
> 8-10GB /
> remainder /home

Could You explain/argument the partitioning, please?
1. Why separate /boot?
2. 10Gb - for OS is static/dynamic data mixing as Jonathan W wisely has
pointed out?