Re: Installing Linux on Windows dual boot machine

From: xModem (xModem_at_null.com)
Date: 04/16/05 

Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:55:26 -0400

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:58:34 +0100, MikeyD <m_donaghy50@hotmail.com> wrote:

>xModem wrote in <7jt0611bco16d9f6s7td0j5c41jn3enu5k@4ax.com>:
>
>>
>> I hate to ask you for more, but how should I partition the drive beyond XP
>> on
>> C:\? Ideally, should Linux be installed before my data partition, after
>> it, or does it matter?
>
>On a modern BIOS it doesn't matter, but on old systems it helps to have it
>before the 1024th cylinder of the disc, especially if you're using lilo.
>(there are two bootloaders for linux, lilo and grub, and you can use
>either). So if putting it before the data partition would mean it's below
>this boundary then do that. Other than that it doesn't really matter.
>I think you could fit linux into the space you have though, if you keep most
>of your data on the fat32 partitions. More than 1gb of swap is pointless
>unless you're doing hefty image editing, 400mb ought to be enough for most
>people, leaving you with about 3.5gb. Get a smaller 1- or 2 cd
>distribution, or be selective about what you install on a bigger one - only
>install one of kde and gnome, and leave out anything you don't need.
>(Unfortunately it can be hard to know what you'll need when you don't know
>any of the programs). Maybe vector linux, since it has a policy of only
>including one program to do any one job. I know I successfully used linux
>in 3gb of space before I got my second hard disk.

Thanks.
I'm looking for a Linux distribution that's easy to install. I downloaded
Xandros, as a Google search showed it to be pretty simple.

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