On 1/18/06, nidhog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm planning of doing this: > > /dev/hda1 - win98 > /dev/hda2 - Extended partition containing these: > ---> WinXP > ---> Data partition (FAT32) > /dev/hda3 - swap > /dev/hda4 - Extended partition containing: > ---> root / (ext3) > ---> boot (ext2) > > Before I set out doing this, I just want to ask you experts if there's > a better way of doing it. >
Hi there. I used to have similar setup but had to simplify things to make my hard disk saner. I had problems as my MBR got messed up by too many partitions on one single disk. I used to have 3 windows (2 system, 1 data) and 4 linux (3 linux, 1 swap) partitions on a single HDD. Now that I've reformatted the whole disk, I've revised my setup to 2 windows (1 system, 1 data) and 2 linux (1 linux, 1 swap) partitions with the the bootloader in the MBR. Much more stable. Others might also suggest that you create a seperate partition for /home too. I just might do that in the near future. And yes, you can use Partition Magic or Ranish to make the partitions in advance so you don't have to do it during your linux install. I've found out that the partitioning part of the install in some linux distros are still difficult to configure for newbies like myself. Hope this helps :-] -- Daysleeper Ed Registered Linux User # 398135 [Sempron 2400+ @1.83 GHz, Redfox M7NCD Ultra400, 2x256MB Kingmax DDR400 Dual-Channel, 64MB Inno3D GeForce4 MX440, 80GB Seagate SATA HDD, Lite-On SOHW-1693S DVDRW] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
