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XP+LINUX to LINUX partitioning
Name: true_atlantis Date: October 20, 2003 at 23:11:38 Pacific OS: red hat 9/ win2k CPU/Ram: pentium 4 2.0 ghz 512 mb
Comment:
I am about to move from dual boot WIN XP and MANDRAKE 9.1 to 100% MANDRAKE. Right now this is how my drive is partitioned
10gb win_c 40gb win_d 10gb linux
they are in that order. i need to keep the win_d how it is, how should i partition my drives for linux? i dont know much about what each partition does, so any extra explination will be helpful. thank you
Name: 3Dave Date: October 21, 2003 at 08:37:27 Pacific
Reply:
Perhaps 10Gb for root ( / ) and 10Gb for either /usr or /home. I'm sure that there is a linux-partitioning-HOWTO which you can probably get from www.tldp.org.
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Response Number 2
Name: Gort Date: November 24, 2003 at 22:33:39 Pacific
Reply:
Get a 20 or 40 Gig Hard Drive and make it the master, and the HDD you have w xp/mandrake the slave. Then install Mandrake on the master drive. Back up all data to tape, CD or another HDD first. After a time you can reclaim the 2 10 Gig spaces for more backups.
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