Re: best way to partition 250GB for dual boot windows xp and ubuntu
I'd go for:
75GB Windows
48GB ubuntu
2GB swap
125GB shared data
If you don't have much shared data but lots of Windows games and stuff:
150GB Windows
48GB ubuntu
2GB swap
50GB shared data
Having said that, I'm running XP and ubuntu (did have 9.04, tried 11.04, settled on 10.04 for the time being) split about 50/50 on a 1TB drive. I used to merrily dip in and out of the Windows partition and share data. I now have a lot of data on an 1TB disc formatted as NTFS and continue to read and write to this from both OSs without mishap so far. Risky - possibly. Backups - definitely.
AMD Phenom Quad 9650, 8Gb RAM, (2 x 1) +(1 x 1.5)Tb HDDs; 64-bit Lucid (ʍoʃs ʎpooʃq ooʇ sɐʍ ʇı ʇnq ʎʇʇɐᴎ pǝıɹʇ I); Dual-boot Win XP Pro 32-bit (although mainly use WINE or VirtualBox). HP t5730 with 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD running xubuntu 10.10.
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