Disk partition for dual boot laptop with Debian/WinXp

hamtavs · 04-26-2006, 09:39 AM

How I should manage a 80gb disk ,in a dual boot laptop, with Debian and WinXp?

There are already two partitions in vfat format of about 40 gb each, the former is for WinXp.

I have thought about two ways:
-50/50, like it's now
-more space for winxp, and I'd keep data in WinXp partition, creating a hard link to "MyDoc" dir in Linux, leaving in /home only files necessary for my profile
ex:/home/hamtavs/ /*all hidden folders*/
/home/hamtavs/MyDoc-->/mnt/hda1/documents..../MyDoc
/*my personal data*/

I hope I was clear

thanks

rickh · 04-26-2006, 10:26 AM

Windows:
12 GB (NTFS) for Windows OS and Programs.
30 GB (FAT32) for data which space can be used by both OSes for transfers back-ups, etc. Move My Documents to this partition.

Linux:
1 GB /
1 GB /tmp
.5 GB swap
5 GB /usr
3 GB /var
27.5 /home

hamtavs · 04-26-2006, 12:23 PM

Precise&short! I love it!

Thanks really much

If anyone has other ideas,let me know.

see ya