> On 4 Jul 2022, at 03:11, Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Jul 2022, George N. White III wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 6:23 PM Robert McBroom via users < >>> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Do you plan to have the user "home" directory in a separate partition? >> There have been glitches with configuration details stored in the >> users home directory. One approach is to keep users "home" directories >> separate but share Documents, etc. via a 4th partition. > > Haven't quite decided. > > I've been bitten by the aforementioned > glitches even without multiple boots. > > The reason for the third boot is so that in the case of a > bad install, there is still a good install to fall back on. > Ideally, I will not be running both Linux's. > > I have previously used the documents partition method. > That said, 'twould be nice to keep things like Firefox windows. > Normally, I'd expect a new version of a program to be able to read > the previousl versions configuration and other data. > The aforemention bite occurred when Firefox only thought it could. > >> This is essentially what I have been doing for years, but Michael wants >> two linux boot partitions. He didn't mention if he wants these to share >> a separate /home partition. This method preserves the recovery partition, >> which can have drivers that aren't in the original Windows installation >> DVD images, but you may be able to get newer install images or >> download drivers from the vendor's site. A fresh install of current >> Windows is generally better than trying to upgrade a years-old >> recovery image. I would do away with the recovery partition. > > A fresh install of Windows seems the way to go. > >> Using Windows tools to shrink the original partition has been >> reliable for me. With Windows 10 it was necessary to disable >> "fastboot" as that just loads Windows without allowing the user >> to choose another OS. > >> In my experience, many users with 1TB drives were happy with >> 1/4 TB for Windows, a 1/8 TB linux "root" partition, and the >> residual for /home. The others generally need much more than 1TB, > > Once upon a time, I did a triple boot on an 80 GB drive. > Likely not so practical now. > 'Twas tight then. > > A recent thought: > IIRC Linux and Windows have different > ideas about what to do with the clock. > How is that usually handled? Set the bios to utc. Then each os will do the right thing. I ran duel boot win10+fedora like this, now I duel boot win11+fedora in this way. Barry > > -- > Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, > a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." > -- someeecards > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
