how to orgnize partitions multiboot ?

[computador]

how to orgnize partitions multiboot ?

[dibl]

Re: how to orgnize partitions multiboot ?

Hmmmmmmm -- there are a million ways!

How many partitions, how big are they, how many OS's are you planning to boot? (for starters ...)

[computador]

Re: how to orgnize partitions multiboot ?

Hmmmmmmm -- there are a million ways!

How many partitions, how big are they, how many OS's are you planning to boot? (for starters ...)

160 gb linux win

[dibl]

Re: how to orgnize partitions multiboot ?

I'd proceed like this (assuming Windows XP, not Vista):

Using either a GParted Live CD, or a booted Linux Live CD that has GParted on it, partition the hard drive into 4 primary partitions as follows (in sequence, left to right on GParted display):

1. 30G for Win XP, formatted NTFS, and with the "boot" flag set on
2. 1G formatted Linux swap
3. 10G formatted ext3 (for the Linux OS)
4. the rest of it formatted ext3 (for your data)

I'm assuming that you would be willing to run the Windows application that allows it to read ext3 filesystems, if you need Windows to see your user data on the fourth partition. If that's a problem, and you need the data on a NTFS formatted partition, then the fourth partition could be NTFS and you'd have to use ntfs-3g in Linux to read the data. Your choice.

Then, you want to install Win XP first, and finish it before you start with Linux. So boot your Win XP installation CD and take care of that.

When Win XP is installed and booting correctly, you're ready to move on to Kubuntu. Boot the Kubuntu Live or Alternate Install CD. When you get to "partitioning", choose "manual" and set up the 3 partitions (#2, #3, and #4 above) that you made for it, using the onscreen dialog. It may not want to automatically set up the third partition (#4 above), or it may give it a hokey name like "disk1" or something -- that's OK. You can make the edits in /etc/fstab later to automatically mount it, and then make folders named "MUSIC", "VIDEOS", "PHOTOS", or whatnot to symlink into your /home/computador folder in Linux.

OK?