----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:25 PM Subject: Re: Windows needs Heads = 255 > At 12:06 10/23/2003, you wrote: > >you'll need to create two ntfs or dos partitions for winxp, and at least > >that for linux... both OS's need their boot partition within the first 2 gb > >of the drive... so create your /boot partition.. say 1gb.. and your C:\ say > >1gb.. both at the beginning of the drive, then use the rest of the drive for > >your other partitions.. > > Err... /boot is usually 100MB (one-tenth of what you suggest), and I > usually _still_ have 70MB left over. Perhaps start with something like: > > * /boot, ext3, 100MB > > * C:, NTFS, 10-15GB (system and apps) > > * D:, FAT32, whatever size you want (data) > > * /, ext3, whatever size you want > > * swap partition for Linux, twice the size of your RAM > > I suggest FAT32 for the data partition so you can mount it within Linux as > well. That way you have access to _all_ of your data from within Linux. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > I was just giving an example.... the boot partitions need to be under the 2gb limit. Yes, my /boot partition is taking up 18mb right now... you don't need much for it, but for the windows partition you'll need more.. as long as it starts under the 2gb limit. You could create the entire partition for windows, instead of two, as long as it starts under the 2gb limit, then use the rest of the drive for your ext3 partitions.. it depends on whether or not the person is worried about security. If this is a standalone machine, it doesn't really matter if the partittions are fat or ntfs, but there is NO security under fat. If the machine is on a network, then I would recommend creating a 100mb /boot, a 3gb NTFS c:\ for the winxp installation, then have say D:\ FAT for the winxp data so you can mount in linux. Jake -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
