Partition Strategies

[Andy Boersma]

Hi Bill,

My 386i net book has 1.5GB of ram. Windows XP and Ubuntu
Ubuntu 32 bit uses 1GB so I use ram as swap. I have .5 GB as swap
8 GB partition / for OS and apps
16 GB /home for users.
I am using 9.04 beta and configured it as ext4, it is a lot faster.
8 GB partition fat32 for file exchange.
Rest is NTFS for XP.

My AMD64 has 4 GB of ram, so I don't have swap on it.
8 GB partition / for OS and apps running 9.04, ext4
2 GB partition backup OS, I depend on this machine, so it has to have a
backup OS to get into it and repair things, it has 8.10, ext3 
Rest for /home for users. Ext 4

I used to have it all in multiple partitions, does not seem to be needed
anymore.

Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of William Frick
Sent: April-08-09 10:13 PM
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
Subject: Partition Strategies

Just acquired a nearly new HP tower with a dual core P4. I want to have
it dual boot to XP Pro and Ubuntu 9.04 and I am soliciting ideas on
partitioning the drive.

A strategy where both OS can read/write a 10-20 Gb directory. I would
also like to be able to upgrade the Linux OS with minimal hassle in
keeping my home directory.

Suggestions anyone ?

Bill

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