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rogue212 Joined: Dec 23, 2007 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted Dec 26, 2007 at 11:46:06 AM Subject: Lunix Formating Hi, i'm a complete newbie and need some advice, Kubuntu Lunix 7.10 Can i have a seperate data partition with the Lunix OS and if so what should i format it in, How big would you recommend the primary Lunix operating system partition should be as i'm having it as a daul boot OS with Windows XP, Or can i have one data partiton for both Lunix and XP and if so what should i format it in. Thanx for your time and any help.
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alpinesatan.com Joined Dec 01, 2007 Posts: 639 Location:London, England Other Topics	Posted: Dec 26, 2007 2:24:03 PM Subject: Lunix Formating Hey Buddy! You can have as many partitions that you want really, just use a disk partitioning program like cfdisk or fdisk. As for the size of the partition it does depend on how big your hard drive is in the first place. Obviously you need the space you need for the os and space for downloads etc. If your dual booting id say half of the space to be honest but thats just what id do. How big is your hard drive??? Kind Regards OS X 10.4.11 and Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, not forgetting fedora :D
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rogue212 Joined Dec 23, 2007 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 26, 2007 3:12:21 PM Subject: Lunix Formating I,ve got a 320GB SATA 2 internal and a 320 SATA external hard drive. Can Lunix and windows use the same data partition? and if i created a partition just for Lunix on my external hard drive for downloads or data what format should i use, thanx for your help.
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alpinesatan.com Joined Dec 01, 2007 Posts: 639 Location:London, England Other Topics	Posted: Dec 26, 2007 3:24:44 PM Subject: Lunix Formating YES, i know that vfat works. kind Regards OS X 10.4.11 and Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, not forgetting fedora :D
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rogue212 Joined Dec 23, 2007 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 26, 2007 8:39:32 PM Subject: Lunix Formating [quote=alpinesatan.com]YES, i know that vfat works. kind Regards[/quote] Hi again, my partitioning software only allows me to format in Lunix Ext2 Ext3 or SWAP, would one of these be ok
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Shashank Sharma Joined Jan 01, 1970 Posts: 1657 Location:New Delhi, India Other Topics	Posted: Dec 27, 2007 10:19:45 AM Subject: Lunix Formating I noticed you asked above if Linux and Windows can use the same data partition, the answer is NO. While Linux can access and write to a Windows partition, they can't both use the same partition. When installing Linux, you'd need two partitions. First a root (/) partition, which can be either ext2 or ext3. Second is the SWAP partition. As a rule, you should make the SWAP partition twice the size of your physical RAM. If you wish to use your external drive for storing data, you can make it FAT or NTFS. Both Windows and Linux will be able to write to it and access it. Cheers! Coauthor of Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional published by Apress. Please follow the Forum Guidelines
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rogue212 Joined Dec 23, 2007 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 27, 2007 12:20:42 PM Subject: Lunix Formating Thanx Shashank Sharma, that's answered all my questioned i needed to get started, much appreciated :-)
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alpinesatan.com Joined Dec 01, 2007 Posts: 639 Location:London, England Other Topics	Posted: Dec 27, 2007 1:24:06 PM Subject: Lunix Formating Maybe i missunderstood the question lol. I thought data partition or data storage was needed solely to store your downloads, music etc. Apologies, but hey if you do need a data drive you now know that vfat works :P Kind Regards OS X 10.4.11 and Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, not forgetting fedora :D
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Shashank Sharma Joined Jan 01, 1970 Posts: 1657 Location:New Delhi, India Other Topics	Posted: Dec 28, 2007 6:07:01 PM Subject: Lunix Formating One is glad to be of assistance :) Cheers! Coauthor of Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional published by Apress. Please follow the Forum Guidelines
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