Seeking a concise Linux installation checklist

[Stephen]

I would second this setup. With a shared home and swap. Then seperate / for
each.
On Feb 28, 2012 12:07 AM, "Brian Cluff" <brian at snaptek.com> 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 at 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. ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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