[Resolved]Can Haiku have more than one partition?

Forum thread started by jazzi on Wed, 2013-08-14 00:07

Hi,

I'm new to here and after reading the User Guide, I have a question before installing it.

  • I am wandering how many partitions does Haiku need?
  • No need of Swap partition?
  • No need of /boot/home partition?

Could someone shed more sunshine on this subject?

Many thanks,
jazzi

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Comments

Re: Can Haiku have more than one partition?

by 33Nicolas - 2013-08-14 03:14

I'm not an expert but you don't need any particular partitions. Haiku manages everything on its own. BeOS was fully dynamic, that was the beauty of it.

Re: Can Haiku have more than one partition?

by DioGen - 2013-08-14 07:52

Haiku requires one main partition (like OS X or Windows), there is a swap file that can be placed on another partition if there's need for it. Not by default.

Re: Can Haiku have more than one partition?

by axeld - 2013-08-14 08:00

Haiku just needs a single partition. You can attach any number of disks, though. Placing /boot/home on another partition can only be achieved using symbolic links at this point, and is currently neither officially supported nor tested.

Re: Can Haiku have more than one partition?

by jazzi - 2013-08-15 12:21

Thanks for all the replies.
It's easier to take care of just one partition, as long as BeOS file system is solid enough.