Partitioned hard drive

jamie85 said:
Seems its all sorted now i deleted the partitions and created 2 new ones.

first: = 20gb - containing Windows
Second : = 30gb - containing applications and data
Thrid: = 20gb - containing Linux

Hopefully all will work fine.

Thanks for your help :D
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Sure, no problem. And your choice of partitions should work without a hitch, since your first partition will house Windows. As for your 3rd (Linux) partition, 'nux usually needs at least 2 partitions. Your '/' (root) and 'swap' should be mounted on seperate partitions. I actually prefer three: '/', '/home', and 'swap', but that's up to you. In any case, I'd leave that third partition empty and let Linux slice it up for you upon installation.
 
Ok great.

first partition: = NTFS
Second : = FAT32


are those partition types ok?

Im pretty new to Linux so i dont know much about the /root, /home, swap etc.

Will it let me set up new partitions for /root and /home in the linux installation?
 
jamie85 said:
Ok great.

first partition: = NTFS
Second : = FAT32


are those partition types ok?

Im pretty new to Linux so i dont know much about the /root, /home, swap etc.

Will it let me set up new partitions for /root and /home in the linux installation?
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Yeah, those partitions are fine. With a setup like that, you'll be able to write to the FAT32 partition from both Win and Lin without any configuration. As far as the partitions go, SUSE, Red Hat (Fedora), Mandrake, and most other distros will offer an automatic partition option. Just inform it that you will be using your HDD's unpartitioned space, and it should do the rest. Feel free to start a thread in the Linux forums here if you need any help with that process.
 
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