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

Kenneth Loafman ken at lt.com
Mon Apr 29 08:25:24 CDT 2002


Fred James 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.

OT, but I would suggest a TMP partition that houses /tmp and /var.  Make
it a couple of gigs and this will limit runaway logging that tends to
fill up the other paritions.

...Ken




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