dual boot partition probswin xp & unumtu7.04

Question

ok here is what i have and what i want to do. i have a Dell dimension e520, 160gb sata drive ntfs 1 partition - win xp. currently my main drive (c:\) has 80+gb used and 79+gb free. i want to make the ntfs partition 100gb (so i can add proggies n data). i want to then make a 50gb partition for linux. then, during the install... do i get an option to create the swap and /root partitions WITHIN the big 50gb 'partition' ( probably using partition magic to do that for me then use the ubuntu formatter to setup the disk for the installation). plz critique this and advise

PETER345 · Answer

Those would be separate partitions (not part of one partition). I have never installed Ubuntu, but all other Linux installs I have done let you delete and add partitions as needed to do what you want. You might consider a smaller partition for the OS and another for your programs and data.

Personally, I always keep an extra 3G or so partition for installing new versions. That way I can test them out without destroying my old working version.

Peter

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dual boot partition probswin xp & unumtu7.04

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