Quick (and rather urgent) question -- about to repartition my disk for dualboot of Mandrake/Win2k

[konichiwa]

Here's what I'm thinking:

30GB disk:

1. 1GB Linux Swap partition (Linux Swap -- I assume this is the right type )
2. 3GB Windows2000 OS partition (FAT32)
3. 3GB Mandrake 8 Boot partition (Linux Ext2)
4. 8GB Windows2000 Apps partition (FAT32)
5. 8GB Linux Apps partition (Linux Ext2)
6. 7GB Windows2000/Linux Games partition (FAT32)

I know I could make the Win2k partitions NTFS, but I'm deliberately making them FAT32 so that I can mount them in Linux if I need to. Does this setup look good? Any comments, suggestions, changes I should make?

Thanks in advance for your input.

 

[Chaotic42]

Do you *really* need 1 Gigabyte of swap? That's an awful lot.

I can't comment on how the layout looks, because I don't know if Windows 2K needs to be on
the first partition of the primary drive or not.

 

[konichiwa]

No, but I don't *need* a 30GB drive either.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Here's what I'm thinking:

30GB disk:

1. 1GB Linux Swap partition (Linux Swap -- I assume this is the right type )
2. 3GB Windows2000 OS partition (FAT32)
3. 3GB Mandrake 8 Boot partition (Linux Ext2)
4. 8GB Windows2000 Apps partition (FAT32)
5. 8GB Linux Apps partition (Linux Ext2)
6. 7GB Windows2000/Linux Games partition (FAT32)

>>



Why not:
1. 3GB windows OS partition
2. 100MB Mandrake /boot
3. 512MB(?) linux swap
4. 8GB w2k apps
5. 8GB linux /
6. 10GB for whatever

I am not sure how large the swap parition can be. I heard somewhere that 128MB was the limit, but I am sure that has changed now. 1GB seems like a lot for the swap partition (depending on how much RAM you have anyhow).

 

[SUOrangeman]

I like n0c's scheme a little better. I have yet to see the utility of separating the OS and apps. No matter what,some poorly written program will create a \Program Files folder on your &quot;OS&quot; partition. I know it's gonna happen.

If anything, I would make a partition just for my documents and personal files.

The 128MB Linux swap &quot;limit&quot; only pertains to kernel of 2.0.x and early. 2.2.x and higher should be OK. And for the record, I think a 1GB swap partition requires a kernel recompile as there is some flag that is usually off is more standard install kernels.

-SUO

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I like n0c's scheme a little better. I have yet to see the utility of separating the OS and apps. No matter what,some poorly written program will create a \Program Files folder on your &quot;OS&quot; partition. I know it's gonna happen.

If anything, I would make a partition just for my documents and personal files.

The 128MB Linux swap &quot;limit&quot; only pertains to kernel of 2.0.x and early. 2.2.x and higher should be OK. And for the record, I think a 1GB swap partition requires a kernel recompile as there is some flag that is usually off is more standard install kernels.

-SUO >>



Thanks for clearing that up. I wasnt sure what the limit was.