I believe someone told me once was twice the size of your RAM. So basically 1gb.. On 9/19/06, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Great - thanks! > > Now for the age old question....how mcuh swap? I have 512 MB or RAM. Is > 512 MB > sufficient or too much? What is the magic number? > > Thanks again! > > Mark > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 01:22 pm, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > > 1) Make the second partition primary, extended partitions are only > needed if > you have more than 4 on the disk > > 2) Add a third partition, around 2X your RAM, for swap space (and format > it > swap) > > 3) Don't worry so much about cylinder boundaries, the > heads/cylinders/tracks > are all fake anyway (they're there for compatibility with old software). > > > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > Alan, > > > > > > Thanks - that is just what I need! > > > > > > Now, one more question - am I doing this correctly? > > > > > > 1. Resized my first partition to split the drive > > > 2. Created an Extended Partition to include all the newly freed up > space > > > 3. Created a Logical partition in the new Extended Partition that > includes > all > > > the space of the Extended Partition. Formatted this Logical Partition > as > > > ext3. I can create the swap space within the Debian setup program. > > > > > > Or, do I make the second partition a Primary Partition and format it > as > ext3? > > > > > > The Windows XP stuff (fat32) is at the front of the drive and is still > labeled > > > as boot. > > > > > > Before I hit "apply", I wanted to get some feedback before I hose > everything! > > > > > > Also, Partition Magic always changed partition sizes to remain on > cylinder > > > boundaries. It is not apparent if GParted is doing that. Isn't that > > > important? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > P.S. I never would have made it through offset=nnn! > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 10:45 am, Alan Pratt wrote: > > >> Before you go that direction (which is a problem waiting to happen), > > >> try a free program called 'GParted' - you can find it with a quick > > >> google search. > > >> > > >> - alan > > >> > > >> On 9/19/06, Mark Phillips wrote: > > >>> I have a new laptop that currently has Windows XP SP2. I want to > create > a > > > new > > >>> partition on the drive for Debian. > > >>> > > >>> My system: 30GB hard drive. Primary partition is c: with Windows XP, > about > > > 28 > > >>> GB in size (the whole drive). I want to create a 15GB partition for > > > Debian. > > >>> I have used Partition Magic 7.1 in the past to do this, but it seems > that > > > XP > > >>> won't let it re-partition the disk. I keep getting an error 27 - > can't > > > lock > > >>> drive at the first step. I googled around for a work around and did > not > > > find > > >>> a good solution. > > >>> > > >>> Symantek now owns PartitionMagic, has a new version, and doesn't > support > > > the > > >>> older version. After 30 minutes on the phone and referrals to 4 > phone > > >>> numbers, I finally ended up at a number that wanted to charge my > credit > > > card > > >>> $10 in order to connect me to someone to ask them "What is the price > of > > > the > > >>> upgrade from Partition Magic 7.1 to 8.0?"! > > >>> > > >>> So, it seems that XP comes with DiskPart, a command line utility to > > > partition > > >>> disks. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with it and > could > > > provide > > >>> some guidance on how to use it. I start to get worried when it asks > for > > >>> offset values. > > >>> > > >>> Alternatively, what other options do you suggest for partitioning my > > > drive? > > >>> Thanks! > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Mark Phillips > > >>> Phillips Marketing, Inc > > >>> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz > > >>> 602 524-0376 > > >>> 480 945-9197 fax > > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > > >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >>> > > >> --------------------------------------------------- > > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Mark Phillips > Phillips Marketing, Inc > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz > 602 524-0376 > 480 945-9197 fax > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >