Huge hard disk...how to partition
I just got a new HD (17.2 gb) in preparation for upgrading my system to
potatoe when it is released. (I am also going to get a new DUAL PII mb
now that REAL smp is in the kernel).
My question is how to partition the disk. I probably need to dual boot
with windows 95 or NT (probably will use NT due to SMP HW) to be able
to run some windows ap's that don't yet run under wine.
My idea was to partition as follows:
#1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb
#2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows
#3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now?
#4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads,
then mount /boot)
Will this work? (I don't know if NT needs that the system partition be
the FIRST partition)
This is necessary to get the boot partition completly under 1024
cylinder limit.
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