[NTLUG:Discuss] ... stuggling with partitioning for dual boot ...

[david ross]

On Sunday 28 April 2002 05:52 pm, you wrote:
> What I want:
> (1) For Linux:
>      (a) SWAP
>      (b) ROOT
>      (c) BOOT
>      (d) HOME
> (2) For MS Windows
>      (a) C:\ (for the OS and applications)
>      (b) D:\ (for the user's files)
> but I cannot seem to get there, in either MS fdisk, Linux disk druid, or
> Linux fdisk.
>
> Can anyone offer a suggestion, please.


I use the same setup on one of my machines and here's how i did it (YMMV)

Maxtor 20 gig HD   i use maxblast to setup C: (1 gig) then the rest on D:
Then install windows(reboot 20 times) then i install mandrake,let it shrink 
D: down to what size i need (5 gig) and then Mandrake will let you create the 
rest ie: swap,root,boot,home.  Hope this helps