Need Help partitioning a disk for dual boot

[Judd Pickell]

I believe someone told me once was twice the size of your RAM. So basically
1gb..

On 9/19/06, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> 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 <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> 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 at phillipsmarketing.biz
> > >>> 602 524-0376
> > >>> 480 945-9197 fax
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