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Subject:    Re: [linux-laptop] (no subject)
From:       Ed Kapitein <ed () kapitein ! org>
Date:       2002-10-10 18:22:20
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Well, i can not answer all your questions, but:

-1 you can repartition your harddisk to make the laptop multi boot
   ( i use a program called partition magic to do this, other progamrs might  
     work also. make *SURE* you have a backup before trying a repartition)

-2 you can have several partitions for / /var /home etc
   I always make CD size (640 MB) partitions, so i can make an easy backup
   to CD, but depending on your needs for disk space this might not
   be ideal for you.  
   Swap should be twice as big as your memory (128 MB mem -> 256 MB swap)
   this is a rule of thumb, and mostly works fine.

I can't help you on the other questions, perhaps someone else can?

Kind regards,
@

On Thursday 10 October 2002 20:07, Kejvan Redjamand wrote:
> Hi
> I have a laptop with Win XP already installed. I don't know how difficult
> it could be not reformating the hard disk and repartitioning withthe
> existing XP. The first question is, well, which way is better?
>
> Other questions:
> 1. How many partition is possible to have on a PC?
> I can make it more complicated by this question:
> 2. I have plans to install Free BSD after 3-4 months.
> considering that I would like to have /home on linux on a dedicated
> partition Can I have boot, swap, root, home,  AND FREEBSD?? How should I
> plan?)
>
> Assuming keeping existing Windows installation the following is of
> interest:
> 3 . Is there any tool that can get the job dene for XP:s NTFS and Linus
> ext3?
>
> 4. What file system for XP should be choosen FAT32 or NTFS?
>
> I would really appreciate your help.
>
> Kejv
>
>
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