Other Operating Systems
It is interesting to note that in the descripitions of operating systems other than Windows the definitions of boot partition and system partition are just the opposite: the boot partition contains the boot files and the system partitions hold the operating system files.
For example, in the standard Linux directory layout (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard), boot files (such as the kernel, initrd, and boot loader GRUB) are mounted at /boot/ while operating system files are mounted at / (the root directory); these may or may not be separate partitions, but they are mounted in the same hierarchy.
Read more about this topic: System Partition And Boot Partition
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