Thanks! Guess I'll move Win XP to the beginning. But since my Win partition is 15GB, the /boot will be beyond the 1024 cyl limit. Will that affect the grub management? Once I set everything up to run smoothly, I plan to have Win boot loader manage the start up.
Another thing I was not clear about - Is it better to have the grub in the MBR or in the first sector of /boot?? I have come across posts that say both are ok. Any pros and cons to either?
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Originally posted by Dapper Dan:
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I would definately put XP first. You also are not showing a "/" partition. Here would be my suggestion:
15 GB ---- Win XP
10 GB ---- FAT32(accessible to Win & Linux)
100 MB ---- /boot
10 GB ---- /
1GB ---- Linux Swap
10 GB ---- /home
Do you really need your fat32 partition that large? Depending of course, I would think 5 GB would be a gracious plenty. Then you can divide the other 5 GB between / and /home...
15 GB ---- Win XP
5 GB ---- FAT32(accessible to Win & Linux)
100 MB ---- /boot
12.5 GB ---- /
1GB ---- Linux Swap
12.5 GB ---- /home
Unless you are using apps that need massive amounts of memory, you really don't even need the swap partition. I also have 512 MB, and my machine is noticably faster without a swap.
Just my two cents worth: Go with Fedora Core 1. with the updates, it's a big improvement over "9."
