On 2014-06-20 22:34, Tony Alfrey wrote:
If I just define a bootable /boot partition and / partition, will the installer know what to put in each?
Of course. However, you do not need a boot partition, except on some specific situations - and you have not described any of those being your case (some types of RAID, LVM...)- And on the other hand, you do need a big home partition, and a relatively small root. Why? Well, most people have lots of big files on /home: work files, multimedia, etc. However, the Linux system itself is quite small. Why having /home as a separate partition? Because it allows people to install another openSUSE version, formatting "/" (not /root), and leaving their own files intact in the separate /home partition. So, the default openSUSE installation choice of partitions you got is absolutely right, for most people, because that's what default are: sane choices for most people. But of course, you make your own choices. You do not need to accept the defaults. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)