OK, I think I am sold, but I'd like some advice on (A) drive partitioning, (B) which file system, and (C) which boot loader to use.
(A) Drive partitioning I have a 20Gb HD now partitioned into 3 slices with FAT32. s1 primary 8.4Gb Windows ME boot partition s5 logical 8.4Gb Windows s6 logical 3.6Gb Windows s5 & s6, while known by Windows, are trashable. The ubuntu web site suggests a minimum of 10Gb for linux and a 500Mb partition for swap. I think I would use s5 and s6 as 10Gb (linux) and 1gb (swap) with 1.6Gb left over for a FAT32 partition for Windows. Will I be able to add the 1.6Gb partition (I am used to having 7/8 entries on the vtoc for SCSI devices - this is IDE)? Will I have to trash the Windows partition and restore it from the backup (yes, ubuntu does have an option to copy data from another partition when sizing the current partition)? (B) Which filesystem? Ubuntu gives me a lot of choices and none of them say UFS....... Ext3 Ext2 ReiserFS JFS XFS FAT32 Which one would be a good choice, or, what is the best online URL for research on this? (C) Which boot loader to use? Brandon suggested "smart boot manager" because of my problem with the CD drive that I have fixed. Ubuntu gave me two other choices: LILO and another. Advantages/disadvantages to them? _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list RLUG@rlug.org http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
