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On Friday 2 May 2008, 18:41, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Data: |
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> 80GB hard drive |
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> 2GB DRAM |
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> Questions: |
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> 1) What's the recommended order to install dual boot today. I prefer |
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> to go Gentoo first, XP second. Any issues? |
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Yes. XP will blow away the MBR and replace it with its own MBR, so, to be |
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able to boot linux again, you'll have to boot with a livecd, chroot, and |
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re-install grub (or lilo). On the other hand, if you install windows |
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first, and linux last, you will have no problems when you'll have to |
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configure grub: just add another entry for booting a non-linux OS. |
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> 2) What recommendations do folks have about splitting an 80GB drive |
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> up. I'm thinking of maybe 50-60GB for Gentoo, followed by Win XP using |
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> 20-30GB at the end of the drive. Partitions? I'm considering: |
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> sda1 -> /boot = 50MB |
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> sda2 -> swap (unsure whether I should dedicate 4GB to this. That's 5% |
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> of my drive and I won't likely ever use all of 2GB or RAM.) |
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> sda3 -> /var = 2GB |
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> sda4 ==extended |
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> sda5 -> / balance of Linux side, say 55GB |
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> sda6 == Windows drive C: |
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> Any and all comments and ideas welcomed. |
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Any particular reason to put windows at the end of the drive? This should |
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however not be a problem, it you partition the space at the beginning of |
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the disk *before* installing XP (eg, doing (c)fdisk from a livecd). |
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On my laptop, I partitioned as follows: |
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hda1 -> windows (23GB) |
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hda2 -> extended |
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hda5 -> /boot (50MB) |
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hda6 -> swap (2GB) |
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hda7 -> /home (45GB) |
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hda8 -> / (remaining space, ~10GB) |
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I don't need a separate /var. Do you have special requirements to keep it |
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separated? |
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On the other hand, I like to use a dedicated partition for /home. This is |
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useful because you can share your home folder among different distros |
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(in case you have more than one installed), and, more important, if you |
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need you can wipe / and reinstall without touching /home (probably |
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saving /etc and something else beforehand if you want...but still |
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quicker than backing up several GB of data, which you are forced to do |
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if you have /home on /). |
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