[PLUG] Linux + XP dual boot

Arun Khan knura at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 19 11:42:34 PDT 2008


On Wednesday 19 Mar 2008, Sonawane Satish wrote:
> Now I wish to have OpenSuse10.3 + WinXP on new
> machine(Core2 duo, 1GB RAM, 160 GB SATA).
> Could anybody recommend appropriate partition scheme?

Leaving aside whatever you need for XP.

Slice the hard disk into:
10-15 GB for / depending on how many programs you want to install.

1-2GB for swap.

The rest of the disk into 10GB slices for LVM PE.

Put /home on a LVM.

HTH,
-- Arun Khan




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