Looks like you're trying to start 3 wars at once!! jk... my 2 cents:
(A) just follow your favorite partitioning religion. i haven't used ubuntu's partition resizer, so i can't comment on that (B) ReiserFS is great (C) GRUB. ubuntu should automatically detect Windows and give you an option to boot into it On 8/31/05, P_Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I think I am sold, but I'd like some advice on > (A) drive partitioning, (B) which file system, and > (C) which boot loader to use. > > (A) Drive partitioning > > I have a 20Gb HD now partitioned into 3 slices > with FAT32. > > s1 primary 8.4Gb Windows ME boot partition > s5 logical 8.4Gb Windows > s6 logical 3.6Gb Windows > > s5 & s6, while known by Windows, are trashable. > The ubuntu web site suggests a minimum of 10Gb > for linux and a 500Mb partition for swap. I think > I would use s5 and s6 as 10Gb (linux) and 1gb (swap) > with 1.6Gb left over for a FAT32 partition for > Windows. > > Will I be able to add the 1.6Gb partition (I am > used to having 7/8 entries on the vtoc for SCSI > devices - this is IDE)? Will I have to trash the > Windows partition and restore it from the backup > (yes, ubuntu does have an option to copy data > from another partition when sizing the current > partition)? > > (B) Which filesystem? > > Ubuntu gives me a lot of choices and none of them > say UFS....... > > Ext3 > Ext2 > ReiserFS > JFS > XFS > FAT32 > > Which one would be a good choice, or, what is the > best online URL for research on this? > > (C) Which boot loader to use? > > Brandon suggested "smart boot manager" because of > my problem with the CD drive that I have fixed. > Ubuntu gave me two other choices: LILO and another. > > Advantages/disadvantages to them? > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
