Thanks for the reply. What I thought about is how many of them do I have to have. I know people are using partitions for mails or temporary. Also, I assume that I need extended partition because the drive is limited to 4?
Boris. On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:11:23 -0500 Jon M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cooper Bug wrote: > > Hello gentooers, > > > > I have a new 60 GB drive which I want to put gentoo on. > > This will be a dual boot system. For now, I can only > > think to give 10GB to windows, all other space for gentoo. > > Please share your instights how many partinions do I have to > > do, what sizes. I would value all the input. Thanks a lot. > > > > Boris. > > Hi Boris, > > Really it's up to you. It all depends on what you plan on doing with > each partition. If you plan on using Gentoo primarily, then you'd > probably want to give a bigger partition for Gentoo. Or if you plan on > using Windows more, then give more to Windows. Just make sure you have > enough space for any apps you might want to install for each OS in the > future. Nothing worse than being 100mb short of space on an install :) > > -- > Jon > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- [email protected] mailing list
