Partitioning question

[Paul Kaplan]

I have for years kept Kubuntu and Windows on the same physical drive. 


Currently for a 64-bin install: 


/dev/sda1 (WinXP) 30GB (same is probably OK for Win7 if you have MS Office and 1-2 other similarly sized programs) 
/dev/sda2 (/home) 120GB (really whatever isn't used for the other 3 partitions) 
/dev/sda3 (swap) 6GB (probably should be 8GB for 4GB RAM) 
/dev/sda4 (/) 10GB (might bump to 12GB if you want to install Gnome as well as KDE, but I've never been higher than ~75% use with KDE only + lots of stuff) 


This allows you to do a new install on /dev/sda4 in the future without disrupting /home. 
Paul 

----- Original Message -----
From: rterry at pacific.net.au 
To: "Kubuntu user technical support" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:15:56 AM 
Subject: Partitioning question 

Hi List, 

Not particularly Kubuntu, but would appreciate some partitioning advice. 

I've an asus laptop with an SD 120GIG drive + 750G second drive. The laptop 
came with just Win7 on the SD drive. I installed Kubuntu 11 on the second 
drive. Now, I never ever boot into Windows, though for some irrational reason 
(maybe because it is a licenced copy) I'm loathe to wipe it in case "I ever 
need it". 

I wonder if it would be possible to wipe the Kubuntu partition and re-install 
a virgin Kubuntu 12, but partially on the 120Gig SD drive, to get the faster 
boot up speed, if so I'd have to manually tell the installer what partitions 
go where and what size and I'm not sure what to do during the install. I'm 
happy to shrink the 120G partition with a partion manager prior to the 
install. 

Any basic pointers appreciated. 

Thanks in advance. 

Richard 

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