Partitioning

[Jeff Waugh]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 21:47 +1300, Mike Finn wrote:
> I have a laptop with Windows XP sp2, 2.4ghz intel 
> mobile cpu, 1gig ram, 32mb vid card, 30gb harddrive with 12.5 gig free. 

> 1: Should the Linux partition be before the existing partition or after?
> 2: Should there be just one partion ready for Ubuntu or should I create 
> the boot and swap as well?
> 3: Partition Magic comes with "BootMagic"... Is this the best way for 
> dual booting?

1) Doesn't matter. :-)

2) There'll be two, one for the filesystem, one for swap. In the
installer, choose 'manually partiton', then you can tell it to
automatically configure the free space. The setup it chooses will be
good for your system.

3) Nah, Ubuntu comes with grub, which is cooler (and more helpful, if
you end up learning it). After you install, it should automatically have
Ubuntu and Windows in the grub menu for you to choose from.

:-)

- Jeff

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