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Old 23-Jun-2009, 23:18
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Default Re: Need help with partitioning for dual install

Thanks for your help! I have a few questions below:

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Originally Posted by caf4926 View Post
Ignore the free
sda2 is the same thing. You need to create logical Partitions inside sda2.
Actually sda2 itself does not hold any information, but the logical partitions you create within it do.
So in sda2 create the usual

swap (2x RAM)
/ (15GB) should be sufficient
/home (as much as possible)

use ext3 format for the file system on / and /home. swap is just swap.
So should I create them in that order? In other words, create swap as the first 2GB, then "/" as the next 15 GB and then /home as the rest?

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Originally Posted by caf4926 View Post
I forgot to mention - edit the partition sda1, do not format, but set a mount point as:
/WIN_XP
Two questions:
1. So, I create a mount point and name it "/WIN_XP"? Or is that a pre-set value that means something?

2. Will that make it bootable?

Thanks!
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