Merlin; Having done exactly what you want to do hundreds of times for clients, I can give you this advice. First, Set up an 8 or 10 Gb partition for Win2K. Even at 8 Gb's you're using a lot! Unless you plan on installing every single application known to man, 8 Gigs is plenty! Use the same amount for Linux. Then use the remaining space on the drive to store all your data, ie; documents, mp3's, DVX, etc. Format the last section as FAT32, and both O/S'es will see it.
Try for something like this; 1) 8 Gigs for Win2K - NTFS 2) 8 Gigs for Mandrake - which get's split into 3 basic partitions during a basic install - /, swap, and home. 3) remaining 24 Gigs (approximately), formatted as FAT32 4) When you're naming the partitions - whether you're in Windows or Linux, name the last partition as "Archive" (in Win2K) and "/Archive" in Linux. 5) Once you have Win2K setup with the username you prefer, right-click the "My Documents" folder on your desktop, and select "move". Then re-Map it to your Archive partition, making sure that you have a "My Documents" folder waiting there. 6) from that point on you can tell your office suites, and download managers, etc. to use Archive as your data storage point, and they will always use it by default. 7) You can also do the exact same procedure in Linux. 8) Use the Win2K - NTFS partition (C:\) to install applications, Games, etc., but store ALL your data on Archive. Both O/S'es will have no problem accessing your data, documents, MP3's, etc., and you'll still have a whack of room left on your 80 Gig drive as well. Install Win2K first, and let Mandrake provide the boot manager - Grub or Lilo (your choice)when you install it second, and everything will work fine. If you need more help, contact me off-list. Lanman *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/7/2003 at 8:03 PM Merlin Zener wrote: >G'day all, >Because of weight restrictions in my baggage allowance when >I recently moved from Australia to Thailand, I was forced to >sell off my old computers and bits etc - so now I don't have >the luxury of having a whole computer I can just stick Linux >on and it won't matter if I break it:) >But I want to succeed, ultimately, so I'll take a deep breath >and try for a dual boot system... > >I just built a new system last night, [It's running Win2Kpro] >with a 40G hard drive I was thinking of splitting in halves >with Partition Magic, and I've got an 80G HDD I brought with >me from Australia that has all my backing tracks etc in wav >files an MP3s, and CoolEditPro sessions etc. > >I'd like some help, please, to avoid any possible "gotcha's" to >get this to work - I'm not looking for detailed point by point, >just the major steps and in which order to do them - lets see how >far I get :)) > >* If I split the 40G into two 20G partitions, how can I install > Mandrake on the other half without it taking over the whole > drive? > >* How can I make Mandrake see the files on the other half of the > 40G, as well as the 80G? > >* oh, and btw will Win2K be able to see the Linux files too? > >Thanks in advance for the guidance... > >-- >Merlin Zener >piano and synthesizer >Pattaya, Thailand. >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/2003 > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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