[wellylug] Re: wellylug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 7 Xubuntu issue + partitioning

[Mark Foster]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Cliff Pratt wrote:

> David Morrah wrote:
>> Thanks everyone for your help on my Xubuntu question. I actually managed to 
>> solve the problem. I tried downloading version 7.04 from a bit torrent and 
>> it seemed to boot straight away.
>> 
>> When I installed Xubuntu, I set the partition size to 14.8 GB. I have a 40 
>> GB HDD, so I wanted to save some space for Windows XP if I needed to reboot 
>> with my original factory settings. Funnily enough, after installing 
>> Xubuntu, I found out that my "File System" drive has only 500 Mb of free 
>> space left. Not enough if I want to add more programs.
>> 
>> This would lead me to believe that it might be worth reformatting, and then 
>> reinstalling Xubuntu again, but increasing the partition size. I booted in 
>> Windows XP mode to check some settings. I found that the windows XP C drive 
>> is only taking up 3.5GB of space (these are the original factory settings 
>> excluding all the extra stuff I added, which I backed up elsewhere).
>> 
>> While I don't wish to get rid of Windows completely, when installing 
>> Xubuntu again, I am thinking of setting the partition size to 35 GB, in 
>> other words, leaving 5 GB of free space for XP, should I need it in an 
>> emergency. Any suggestions on this one? Is this the right move to make?
>> 
> Install Windows first, and install Service Pack2 and all fixes. 5GB is a 
> little tight for XP but you might get away with it.

Agreed, - Windows first is the way to go, then use a Linux Bootloader to 
deal with the Dualboot.  I'd reccomend at least 10GB for Windows XP if you 
expect it to be in any way useful... maybe compromise and go in for 7GB.

This Windows XP Pro laptop im using at present, has a C:\WINDOWS folder 
size of around 3.5GB at present.

The obvious thing to point out, is that any data stored on Linux 
Filesystems is inaccessible from Windows, but the inverse is of course not 
true...