*- On 7 Jul, Kenneth Scharf wrote about "Huge hard disk...how to partition" > I just got a new HD (17.2 gb) in preparation for upgrading my system to > potatoe when it is released. (I am also going to get a new DUAL PII mb > now that REAL smp is in the kernel). > > My question is how to partition the disk. I probably need to dual boot > with windows 95 or NT (probably will use NT due to SMP HW) to be able > to run some windows ap's that don't yet run under wine. >
Have you looked at vmware.com? Avoid the dual boot and run NT in a virtual machine under linux. > My idea was to partition as follows: > > #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb > #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows > #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now? > #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads, > then mount /boot) > > Will this work? (I don't know if NT needs that the system partition be > the FIRST partition) > > This is necessary to get the boot partition completly under 1024 > cylinder limit. > You will get lots of input on this. You didn't say if you are using IDE or SCSI but if you are using IDE then I would stick your swap on another disk on your second IDE channel(ide1). If you are worried about swap you could put the primary on ide1 and then have a secondary on ide0. I would also put /home and /usr/local on separate partitions. That way if you ever need to reinstall the OS you will not loose your personal stuff. My 2bits. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
