Partition Strategies

[Victor Mendonça]

I agree with Tom on using NTFS for the shared partition. By using a fat32 partition you would limit yourself to maximum file size of 4GB. That means that if for any reason you would want to share a DVD image between both OS you would not be able to.

Victor Mendonça
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From: Tom Mckay <tom.mckay1 at gmail.com>
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:41:44 AM
Subject: Re: Partition Strategies

Keep in mind your swap partition should be at minimum 1.5 times your ram. This will ensure zero hassles in hibernation.

Also, in regards to your shared partition request, I would suggest you simply use a NTFS partition. This will enable read/write access from both operating systems with the added protection a journalled filesystem provides. I would then create an fstab entry to mount a folder from your NTFS drive into your /home directory, for convenience's sake.

Make sure you install windows first, leaving adequate space for linux unpartitioned, and then install linux. Windows has a nasty habit of overwriting the MBR on drives, and it will erase the GRUB boot loader linux uses.

Best of luck, let us know if you have any issues. Be sure to back up important files before partitioning, because accidents happen.
Tom McKay



On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Andy Boersma <andy at boersma.ca> wrote:

Hi Bill,

My 386i net book has 1.5GB of ram. Windows XP and Ubuntu
Ubuntu 32 bit uses 1GB so I use ram as swap. I have .5 GB as swap
8 GB partition / for OS and apps
16 GB /home for users.
I am using 9.04 beta and configured it as ext4, it is a lot faster.
8 GB partition fat32 for file exchange.
Rest is NTFS for XP.

My AMD64 has 4 GB of ram, so I don't have swap on it.
8 GB partition / for OS and apps running 9.04, ext4
2 GB partition backup OS, I depend on this machine, so it has to have a
backup OS to get into it and repair things, it has 8.10, ext3
Rest for /home for users. Ext 4

I used to have it all in multiple partitions, does not seem to be needed
anymore.

Andy

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From: ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of William Frick
Sent: April-08-09 10:13 PM
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
Subject: Partition Strategies

Just acquired a nearly new HP tower with a dual core P4. I want to have
it dual boot to XP Pro and Ubuntu 9.04 and I am soliciting ideas on
partitioning the drive.

A strategy where both OS can read/write a 10-20 Gb directory. I would
also like to be able to upgrade the Linux OS with minimal hassle in
keeping my home directory.

Suggestions anyone ?

Bill

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