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MBR: Its usually a good idea to install it on your MBR. GRUB will pickup XP and add it to its boot list. But if you ever reinstall XP, it will take out GRUB and you will have to restore it.<BR>
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Swap: The swapspace "formula" last time I heard it was, if you have less than 512 MB RAM, then Swap = 2X RAM. If you have between 512 MB and 1 GB, swap == 1.5x RAM. If you have more than more than a GB, than Swap == 1/2 RAM.<BR>
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When you partition, make it with the partitioner, then select "Use as" and select /home and Ubuntu will do "The Right Thing"<BR>
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~ Chris Peterman<BR>
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On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:57 -0600, BBBB wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I would like to install Breezy as dual boot w/XP on an HP zv6270us laptop.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">This is a single 100GB drive, formatted NTFS with XP installed.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">a couple of questions:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Some how-tos install grub to the mbr, others say this is a bad idea, and it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">should be installed on</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the Linux partition. Any comments here?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have read that my swap partition should be 2X the size of my ram. This</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">would be a 2Gig partition.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Does this sound right?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I would like to put my /home directory on a separate partition. If I name it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/home when it is</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">partitioned, will Ubuntu know what it is for, or will I need to change a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">config file so Ubuntu will</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">use it properly?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">If this was your 100GB drive, how would you divide it for this setup?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Also, if you have installed Ubuntu on an HP zv6000us series laptop, any</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">insights are welcome.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks for a GREAT list.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Bradley</FONT>
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