chippies
October 6th, 2009, 06:12 AM
Hey guys,
Right now my laptop is running only Ubuntu. I want to dual boot my laptop with XP Pro as well, so I can run iTunes. I've read that installing XP first, then Ubuntu is the best method. I've decided to back up my HDD to an external, and reformat the entire HDD and start from scratch.
What I'd like to do is create three partitions on this HDD. One will be for XP, one for Ubuntu, and then one (the largest) 'common' partition that will be shared between Ubuntu and XP. This will house all my pictures, music, videos, basically all my documents that can be used on either OS.
Can someone point me in the direction of a tutorial on how to set up this common partition? I think I can handle the XP/Ubuntu dual boot install, there's certainly enough material on that topic. It's just this third 'common' partition I'm rattled about.
Also, do you have any suggestions on how to divvy up my HDD space? I'm working with about 230gb total. I was thinking maybe 15gb for each OS, then 200 for the common drive? I'll be primarily using Ubuntu, but occasionally booting XP for iTunes, and a select few other apps I'd rather run on Windows.
Thanks in advance guys, I apologize if I've overlooked any popular tutorials, but all I could find was material on two partition dual boots.
Right now my laptop is running only Ubuntu. I want to dual boot my laptop with XP Pro as well, so I can run iTunes. I've read that installing XP first, then Ubuntu is the best method. I've decided to back up my HDD to an external, and reformat the entire HDD and start from scratch.
What I'd like to do is create three partitions on this HDD. One will be for XP, one for Ubuntu, and then one (the largest) 'common' partition that will be shared between Ubuntu and XP. This will house all my pictures, music, videos, basically all my documents that can be used on either OS.
Can someone point me in the direction of a tutorial on how to set up this common partition? I think I can handle the XP/Ubuntu dual boot install, there's certainly enough material on that topic. It's just this third 'common' partition I'm rattled about.
Also, do you have any suggestions on how to divvy up my HDD space? I'm working with about 230gb total. I was thinking maybe 15gb for each OS, then 200 for the common drive? I'll be primarily using Ubuntu, but occasionally booting XP for iTunes, and a select few other apps I'd rather run on Windows.
Thanks in advance guys, I apologize if I've overlooked any popular tutorials, but all I could find was material on two partition dual boots.