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My Partitioning Plan: Doable?

ElasticNinja

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OK, so I plan to triple boot XP, Windows7 & Ubuntu on my laptop which I'm getting tommorrow.

So... does this make sense?;
320GB HDD:

> System Rese Partition (W7 boot) = .2GB
> NFTS - W7 Original (shrunk) = 45 GB
> NFTS - XP & Other = 40GB (XP, SDK's and Symbain FW files)
> NFTS/FAT32 [?] - General = ~130GB [space left] (share files between W7/XP/Linux)


>Extended TOTAL = 80GB
> Linux Swap = 6GB
> EXT3 - Ubuntu = 30GB
> Linux Swap = 4GB
> EXT3 - Other Distro? = 20GB
> NFTS - Lenovo = 20GB

>NFTS - Lenovo = 12 GB
 
OK, so I plan to triple boot XP, Windows7 & Ubuntu on my laptop which I'm getting tommorrow.

> NFTS - General = ~160GB [space left] (share files between W7/XP/Linux)


>Extended TOTAL = 60GB
> EXT3 - Ubuntu = 30GB
> Linux Swap = 10GB
> EXT3 - Other Distro? = 20GB

So... does this make sense?;

Seems doable, a few points though:-

1) Do you really need the Linux Swap = 10GB? Are you likely to be running applications which take that much memory?

2) The EXT3 - Other Distro is likely to want it's own swap partition. Sharing a single swap partition between distros may well cause problems.

3) NTFS - General = ~160GB [space left] (share files between W7/XP/Linux). I would suggest you have this as FAT32. Depending on the distro, Linux NTFS writing is still considered experimental and beta. Linux NTFS reading is totally fine.
 
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Seems doable, a few points though:-

1) Do you really need the Linux Swap = 10GB? Are you likely to be running applications which take that much memory?
No
TBH I was gonna put a 5/6gb unreserved block but felt I might as well merge it

2) The EXT3 - Other Distro is likely to want it's own swap partition. Sharing a single swap partition between distros may well cause problems.
Oh I'll split it so
I thought it got wiped after turning off?


3) NTFS - General = ~160GB [space left] (share files between W7/XP/Linux). I would suggest you have this as FAT32. Depending on the distro, Linux NTFS writing is still considered experimental and beta. Linux NTFS reading is totally fine.
FAT32 is all well and good but the 4GB limit is too small really :S
I'll consider it (as I am using another said partition for all those small files which kill FAT32 systems)
Ubuntu is OK with NFTS writing?


Thanks for the help mate!
 
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OK my partitions ended nothing like planned (due to 4 primary partition limit) :D
Might post a GParted screenie later :)

EDIT: Here it is! :D
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