partitioning

[elmo]

Thufir wrote:
> Here's what I have so far in way of a partition scheme:
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> thufir at arrakis:~$ fdisk -l
> thufir at arrakis:~$ 
> thufir at arrakis:~$ sudo fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000b4a4f
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1        9553    76734441   83  Linux
> /dev/sda2            9554        9729     1413720    5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            9554        9729     1413688+  82  Linux swap / 
> Solaris
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 30.7 GB, 30750031872 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3738 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x3e3f0126
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1               1        1020     8193118+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sdb2            3567        3738     1381590    5  Extended
> /dev/sdb3            1021        2167     9213277+  83  Linux
> /dev/sdb4            2168        3566    11237467+  83  Linux
> /dev/sdb5            3567        3738     1381558+  82  Linux swap / 
> Solaris
>
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
> thufir at arrakis:~$ 
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> With the addendum that sda (hda?) will be made into a single partition.
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> sdb1         windows 2000 professional
> sdb3         /
> sdb4         /home
> sda          extra stuff
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> does this seem reasonable?
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> thanks,
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> Thufir
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>   
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