Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-18 Thread Javier Perez
Does any one have experience with a common /boot for a dual OS system? On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Robin Laing wrote: > On 2014-04-17 01:31, Javier Perez wrote: > >> Hi Arthur >> That is exactly the scenario that I want to avoid by having separate /home >> and soft-linking the Data partiti

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-17 Thread Robin Laing
On 2014-04-17 01:31, Javier Perez wrote: Hi Arthur That is exactly the scenario that I want to avoid by having separate /home and soft-linking the Data partition. I wonder should I set /var on the HDD to save wear and tear on the SSD? JP On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Arthur Dent wrote:

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-17 Thread Javier Perez
Hi Arthur That is exactly the scenario that I want to avoid by having separate /home and soft-linking the Data partition. I wonder should I set /var on the HDD to save wear and tear on the SSD? JP On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Arthur Dent wrote: > On Thu, 2014-04-17 at 00:43 -0500, Javier P

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-17 Thread Arthur Dent
On Thu, 2014-04-17 at 00:43 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > My Idea is to have sda=SSD, sdb=HDD > > > /dev/sda1 = /boot, about 1G > > /dev/sda2 = / Ubuntu 50G aprox > > /dev/sda3 = / Fedora 50G aprox > > /dev/sda4 = swap * (I know i know, let's forget about extended/logical > for the moment)

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Edward M
On 4/16/2014 10:46 PM, Javier Perez wrote: It is not a bad idea per se. The thing is that the reason I installed Ubuntu is because at some time (I think it was Fedora 16 or 17, don't remember now) Fedora could not set the right resolution for my display, 1920x1080, but Ubuntu indeed could do i

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Hi again: Well your scheme is not bad. 50 GB for each OS is a lot, even if you don't store a lot of information in logs for run a server or something like that. I never use to install the \boot in a separate partition. I install the root (\) of each one inside it's own partition and the GRUB do th

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Javier Perez
It is not a bad idea per se. The thing is that the reason I installed Ubuntu is because at some time (I think it was Fedora 16 or 17, don't remember now) Fedora could not set the right resolution for my display, 1920x1080, but Ubuntu indeed could do it without problem. Virtualizing it would defeat

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Javier Perez
My Idea is to have sda=SSD, sdb=HDD /dev/sda1 = /boot, about 1G /dev/sda2 = / Ubuntu 50G aprox /dev/sda3 = / Fedora 50G aprox /dev/sda4 = swap * (I know i know, let's forget about extended/logical for the moment) /dev/sdb1= /MyData (to be available under both OS Then for both Ubuntu and Fedo

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Edward M
On 4/16/2014 8:49 PM, Javier Perez wrote: Hi I need some advice here regarding partitioning my home system. My home system is a triple boot system: Windows 2K, Fedora 20 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I have three disks, one devoted to each operating system. The first disk has two partitions, one for th

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Hello: Well I have few experience with dual systems, and I don't understand your idea. You can have a SSD Hard Disk wherein you install one or more OS. You don't need to have a lot of physical hard disk for that. In fact in only one you can get two OS doing the right partions in a common hard disk