For new users, personal 데비안 boxes, home systems, and other single-user setups, a single / partition (plus swap) is probably the easiest, simplest way to go. The recommended partition type is ext4.

여러명이 사용하는 시스템이거나 하드디스크의 용량이 큰 시스템에서는 /var, /tmp, /home 각각을 / 파티션과는 별도의 파티션에 두는 것이 좋습니다.

You might need a separate /usr/local partition if you plan to install many programs that are not part of the 데비안 distribution. If your machine will be a mail server, you might need to make /var/mail a separate partition. If you are setting up a server with lots of user accounts, it's generally good to have a separate, large /home partition. In general, the partitioning situation varies from computer to computer depending on its uses.

매우 복잡한 시스템의 경우, 멀티디스크 HOWTO를 참고하십시오. ISP나 서버 관리자가 관심있어할 만한 심도 있는 내용을 다루고 있습니다.

With respect to the issue of swap partition size, there are many views. One rule of thumb which works well is to use as much swap as you have system memory. It also shouldn't be smaller than 512MB, in most cases. Of course, there are exceptions to these rules.

As an example, an older home machine might have 512MB of RAM and a 20GB SATA drive on /dev/sda. There might be a 8GB partition for another operating system on /dev/sda1, a 512MB swap partition on /dev/sda3 and about 11.4GB on /dev/sda2 as the Linux partition.

시스템 설치가 끝났을 때 얼마나 공간을 차지할 지 알고 싶으면, D.2절. “태스크마다 필요한 디스크 공간” 부분을 참고하십시오.