I would second this setup. With a shared home and swap. Then seperate / for each. On Feb 28, 2012 12:07 AM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: > For triple booting, you'll get the biggest bang for the buck by going with > at least 4 partitions. > > 1) A partition for disto A > 2) B partition for disto B > 3) C swap partition that is shared between both distros > 4) D home partition that is shared between both distros, this should be > your biggest partition by far. > > This setup will allow you to actually use the most amount of space on your > hard drive as well as share your personal directories between the distros. > > Brian Cluff > > On 02/26/2012 03:51 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote: > >> >> Even after having done several Linux installations (some a lot more >> challenging than others), I am still a bit intimidated by it. >> >> Now, I'm about to undertake another and I hope the PLUG brain trust can >> provide some guidance, perhaps a concise installation checklist for this >> next attempt. I have a box with win-xp installed on a 100-gig HD and I >> need the following: >> >> 1. How (most efficiently) to shrink and repartition for a dual boot with >> xp on perhaps 20 gig and the rest for installing two Linux distros. >> >> 2. I've installed PCLinuxOS several times and I (by far) prefer the older >> version with KDE 3.5, so I want to put it on one set of partitions using >> about 20-gig. >> >> 3. On the rest, I want to install whatever Redhat based distro might work >> best with Virtual Box (which I have never been able to get to work >> before). >> Some have recommended Cent OS (I've been told that there is a KDE 3.5 >> version available). >> >> Any guidance to make this as concise, easy, and efficient as possible for >> a 20-year perpetual "newbie" user would be extremely appreciated. ;) >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your 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 your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >