spider200 Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 i am about to install linux mandriva 2006 on my computer and I already have windows xp. I have a sony vaio fj270 notebook and i might partition the drive but would it make a big difference to partition the drives so that windows and linux each have a separate drive ??? Or would having both operating systems on one drive make a big difference ?? basically should i partition or is it just fine to leave both on the same drive ??? [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 (edited) Partitioning it isn't creating a new drive, it's splitting the drive. And you have to put them both on separate partitions. You can't install Linux and Windows on the same partition. Yes, if you partition it, windows will show it as two separate drives. But it's wrong...heh Edited July 23, 2006 by Urza9814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 When you do your partitioning (assuming one hd) I'd recommend having /home on its own partition, i.e. for linux a / partition and /home partition. It's a good idea to run a scaof your disk for hd errors and a defrag before resizing the Windows partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider200 Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 so basically when i create the partition i should use /home and / as my mount points when using the custom partition feature on the install disk to split the drives?? that should split the drive into two so that windows is on one and linux on the other ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Yes. If your drive looks like this: || --------windows ---------|| defrag the drive, boot Mandriva and resize the windows in a first step with its partitioner || ---windows ---| -----free -----|| then create || ---windows ---| swap | -- / -- | -- /home --|| / and /home in e.g. ext 3 file-format. That's it. :) Now you have ONE partition for Windows and the Linux partitons (Three all in all) that are invisible from within WIndows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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