ineuw
August 21st, 2011, 07:38 AM
I want to install Ubuntu 11.04 along my current Windows XP installation and I am trying to figure out the following:
1. How to recognize the relationship between Windows disk drive letters and the Linux disk drive indicators like /dev/sda/
2. How to configure the multi boot?
3. Where to place the Linux swap file?
4. Which Linux filesystem is the best for general use?
The specifics:
Pair of identical Seagate SATA2 80GB drives partitioned in Windows as follows:
Drive 0 ntfs
C: 25GB Windows boot drive used 10GB for OS & software, no data.
D: 25GB used 3GB My documents data
Z: 25GB used 20GB data
Drive 1 ntfs
M: 25GB used 12GB data
L: 25GB used 3GB data
K: 25GB empty
When looking through the Ubuntu installation to be configured,
I assume that drive 0 is /dev/sda where I have 3 partitions sda1, sda5, sda3. Drive 1 would be /dev/sdb with partitions sdb1, sdb5, sdb3 and I am not sure which corresponds to the Windows drive letters.
I would like to dedicate the empty drive K: for the Linux installation, swap space & data, and use minimal amount of space of drive C: for the dual boot.
Advice is most appreciated.
Thanks
1. How to recognize the relationship between Windows disk drive letters and the Linux disk drive indicators like /dev/sda/
2. How to configure the multi boot?
3. Where to place the Linux swap file?
4. Which Linux filesystem is the best for general use?
The specifics:
Pair of identical Seagate SATA2 80GB drives partitioned in Windows as follows:
Drive 0 ntfs
C: 25GB Windows boot drive used 10GB for OS & software, no data.
D: 25GB used 3GB My documents data
Z: 25GB used 20GB data
Drive 1 ntfs
M: 25GB used 12GB data
L: 25GB used 3GB data
K: 25GB empty
When looking through the Ubuntu installation to be configured,
I assume that drive 0 is /dev/sda where I have 3 partitions sda1, sda5, sda3. Drive 1 would be /dev/sdb with partitions sdb1, sdb5, sdb3 and I am not sure which corresponds to the Windows drive letters.
I would like to dedicate the empty drive K: for the Linux installation, swap space & data, and use minimal amount of space of drive C: for the dual boot.
Advice is most appreciated.
Thanks