Which format to use in primary partition for Linux?

[Dan]

I have a 46GB IDE hard drive partitioned as follows:

4GB for C: Has Win98SE active primary partition
1GB unallocated primary partition
40GB in an extended primary partition with logical sections: D, E & F. Win2K is on D.

I'm going to use Partition Magic to format the unallocated partition for Linux. I seem to have 2 choices: Linux Swap or Linux Ext2. Does it make a difference which format I use?

I plan to install Corel's version of Linux and obviously want to have a triple boot option: Win98SE, Win2K and Linux.

 

[Damaged]

Actually you're going to need at least two partitions: swap and root ("/&quot. Swap will be formatted as, well, swap , and the other partitions will be formatted as ext2.

 

[Dan]

Damaged: Thanks for the tip. What size should I make the two partitions? (When it comes to Linux, there's nobody greener than me.)

 

[Damaged]

Swap I'd say somewhere b/w 128MB and 256MB. root I'd say at least a gig, but you shouldn't need much more than 2GB, depends on what all you want to install and run though. But to learn and play around with 2GB should be fine.

 

[Dan]

Thanks again. I'll set that up and see if I can get the OS installed. Then, no doubt, I'll be back with more questions.