Harddrive Partitioning questions.

[Quine]

Ok, I'm moving to the dark side for the second time! *Frist it was Intel -> AMD*

Im going to work with linux AND 2kserver at the same time blah blah.
I've been using XP for a while, and I just created a second partition to store my data. I have a 120 gig harddrive.
Now, my question. How should I divvy up my partitions? I AM going to keep a 60 gig partition for storage, and it's already labeled S:
Following parttiions I will need:
Windows Boot Partition
Windows Progrrams + installations ( I will keep boot drive seperate from the programs and all the goodies, minimize hassle)
Linux Boot+storage+programs.

I dont intend to become a linux geek, as I will use windows most of the time. How should I divvy up the other 60 gigs of my harddrive?

[DocSilly]

- 5-10 GB Windows OS
- 30 GB Windows apps
- leave the rest unpartitioned, the Linux setup will do the partitioning (more or less automatic).

You will need a FAT32 partition to share files between both OS.

I suggest you use the Windows bootloader to switch between Win and Linux. There's a howto right here, you can ignore the bootpart section of that guide.

- install windows
- install Linux
- put the Linux loader (LILO or Grub) into the first Linux partition, not the MBR !!!
- Create a Linux bootdisk during setup (just in case)
- extract the bootsector of the first Linuxpartition to a floppy
- boot win
- copy the bootsector from floppy to C:
- edit the boot.ini as shown in the howto

I would just install basic windows installation and then Linux right after it, so you won't lose to much in case something goes wrong

[Quine]

Well, I have a 60 gig of storage, and I'm having trouble installing linux

I got it all parittioned out, thanks ^_^

[DocSilly]

The Linux installation varies from very easy (SuSE, Mandrake) to easy (Redhat) to fair (Debian, Gentoo) to hard (LSF). Which one are you trying to install?