My opinion is...
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Robert Pope wrote:
> The PC has a 3.2Gb hard drive. What I'd like to do is use about
> half for 95 and half for Linux. I'd also like to use Lilo.
>
> I know abut the <1024 cylinder thingie. Does this make any sense:
> create a 10-20Mb partition for the Linux kernel (and Lilo?), then about a
> gig-and-a-half partition for 95, then the rest for Linux? Am I correct in
> assuming that as long as the kernel is before cyl. 1024, the rest of Linux
> doesn't care where it is?
Yes the /boot partition needs to be near the beginning of the disk the
rest can be _anywhere_(even on another machine).
> That 95 is going to be a problem, though, I betcha. How much is
> it going to hate being on a drive other than C:?
Create a /boot at the beginning of the drive. The 1024 cyl problem will
still give you a good 400 meg at least to play with and bindows will boot
as long as it's partition starts before the limit, whatever it is. This
means that you can still easily fit a swap partition before wintendo
(you'll want it to be as fast as possible(therefore the beginning
of the drive is good).
Then create a partition for bindows, however small(I mean big) you want
it. You can give it it's whole 1.75G chanuk in a continuous block,windows
hates being on two drives.
As for the rest it is up to you and what you intend doing with the box. I
am a fan of separate /var /home /usr partitions but for desktop use a
seperate /var partition won't help you much, and if you are the only
person using the box even a single /usr will do just fine.
Remember to install windoze _first_ else the darn thing will nuke your
boot record without even warning/asking you and you'll no logner be able
to choose with to boot into. And even more importantly than that, remember
to excuse my spelling.
--
Clinton
