Hello,
after reading some posts about installing Mint on a machine with Windows I decided to ask for help.
Till now I used Mint 9 together with Winn xp. I partitioned my hdd for Mint like 17 gb ext 3 for instalation and swap 3gb.
Now, I have a hdd with Win xp and unalocated space 112 gb for Mint.
I want to partition that 112 gb unalocated space, but not sure what scheme to use.
I read some posts that suggest creating 20 gb ext4 for \ root (primary), 2-3 gb swap and 20-50 gb ext4 for data.
Also some posts suggest creation of a home partition.
Can you help me how to partition my unalocated space and what, where to install?
Thank you very much!
gip
Partitioning for Dual boot
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gip
Partitioning for Dual boot
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Re: Partitioning for Dual boot
Ideally I would suggest
swap 2GB maybe more
/ (20GB) ext4
/home (all the remainder - unless you plan to try other distros too) ext4
swap 2GB maybe more
/ (20GB) ext4
/home (all the remainder - unless you plan to try other distros too) ext4
Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon
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gip
Re: Partitioning for Dual boot
Hello caf4926,
thank you for your advice.
As far as I understand you I will install Mint in /20 gb ext4.
/home partition I will create during the installation of mint by gparted I think as well as /20 gb for root and swap.
gip
thank you for your advice.
As far as I understand you I will install Mint in /20 gb ext4.
/home partition I will create during the installation of mint by gparted I think as well as /20 gb for root and swap.
gip
Re: Partitioning for Dual boot
No
swap 2-3 GB
root 20GB
/home 80+ GB or whatever is left after creating swap and root
swap 2-3 GB
root 20GB
/home 80+ GB or whatever is left after creating swap and root
Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon
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Elisa
Re: Partitioning for Dual boot
How of RAM do u have ? If enough and you'd like to try other distros u can by VirtualBox.
Or you would like to create +/- 20-30 GB another partition(s) for later installation of other distros (as I did it so for testing purposes etc.
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Or you would like to create +/- 20-30 GB another partition(s) for later installation of other distros (as I did it so for testing purposes etc.
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k3lt01
Re: Partitioning for Dual boot
It is surprising how little space you actually need for a full install with some versions of Linux. This is how I do mine on a laptop with 256MB of RAM and a 250GB hdd.
hda
hda1 / Ubuntu Maverick 10GB (currently installed)
hda2 / Ubuntu Natty 10GB (currently installed)
hda4 SWAP 2GB (there is no need for anymore than 2GB of SWAP even on a machine with little RAM like mine if you are doing normal computing).
hda5 /home (take up the rest of the space. Both OSs, also future ones, use a common home but they have their own user name to show they are different).
hda
hda1 / Ubuntu Maverick 10GB (currently installed)
hda2 / Ubuntu Natty 10GB (currently installed)
hda4 SWAP 2GB (there is no need for anymore than 2GB of SWAP even on a machine with little RAM like mine if you are doing normal computing).
hda5 /home (take up the rest of the space. Both OSs, also future ones, use a common home but they have their own user name to show they are different).