Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 05:29:19PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Why bother with two side-by-side installs? Just use Xen and then you > can run multiple Linux (or BSD) domU's. Of course, you will still need > a separate partition for windows. I have been using vmware when all I want to d

Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Digby Tarvin wrote: > I have just about sorted out Debian on my laptop to the point where I > am ready to do a final permanent install, so I now need to decide on > a good final partitioning scheme. > > I want to be able to run two unix/linux systems side by side, so I want to > keep shareable par

Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:11:43AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 09:29:51AM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:15:35PM +1000, Arafangion wrote: > > > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > > > > >This is my initial though on the partitioning of the 60

Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:11:43AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 09:29:51AM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:15:35PM +1000, Arafangion wrote: > > > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > > > > >This is my initial though on the partitioning of the 60

Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 09:29:51AM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:15:35PM +1000, Arafangion wrote: > > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > >This is my initial though on the partitioning of the 60GB drive on my > > >Debian laptop: > > > XP -10.00GB > > > boot

Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:15:35PM +1000, Arafangion wrote: > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > >This is my initial though on the partitioning of the 60GB drive on my > >Debian laptop: > > XP -10.00GB > > boot - 0.10GB ?? > > sys 1 > > root - 0.15GB > > usr-

Re: partitioning for dual-linux..

2006-04-25 Thread Arafangion
Digby Tarvin wrote: >I have just about sorted out Debian on my laptop to the point where I >am ready to do a final permanent install, so I now need to decide on >a good final partitioning scheme. > >I want to be able to run two unix/linux systems side by side, so I want to >keep shareable partitio