On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 20:34, james leclair wrote: > Hello. Starting to get comfortable with Debian and am now looking to setup > a dual boot with W2K. I will be starting fresh with a 20GB HD. So, I assume > I would install windows first. Is this correct? Also, what reccomendations > could anyone make regarding my linux partitions? 10 GB of this drive will > be committed to windows, so, of the remaining 10 GB what should my deb > partitions look like? Thanks all! Depends on how much RAM you have and what you are planning to run, and whether you feel that it is important to split the disk up substantively. Although you can theoretically run without swap if you wish to and sufficient memory is there, I don't think anyone would recommend that unless you were dealing with severely limited constraints of an embedded system. Beyond that, while some run the balance of the system on one Linux partition, that isn't the best idea for everyone. How you split things depends on numerous considerations of how you use the system - if it is a workstation, there will be more space needed for /usr for the workstation software (eg, X11, one or more window managers, all manner of interactive software.) /home will also need more space as a workstation, as whatever you plan, big surprise, you will accumulate files. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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