[tlinux-users:08591] (和訳 )Re: Re: Help Wanted: Partitioning for Debian + MS-Windows

A135Vista
VistaLinuxWindows Perl scripts
Toshiba Restore disk


Vista
20Gig

/dev/sda1  1 gig   
/dev/sda2  20 Gig Windows

sda1/boot
foolproof
BIOSsda1
Linux/boot





sda3make it vfat to have a way of writing to Windows.
VistantfLinuxso you need a way in.
fat32Windowsmkdosfs -F 32


sda4

Linux

sda5  1 gig                                   /swap
    sda6   10 gig   reiserfs or ext3    /  
    sda7   10 gig   reiserfs or ext3    spares for testing other distros
    sda8   10 gig   reiserfs or ext3    spares  for testing or extra space
    sda9   30 gig   reiserfs or ext3    /home

/dev/sda1ext2
Ubuntuext2 ext3
reiserfs
ext2
/
/home








On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:19:19 -0400
zentara <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:30:35 -0700 (PDT)
> "Joel T." <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I wish to partition my Toshiba Dynabook to have both Debian and MS-Windows; HD size is 80GB.
> >
> >I'd appreciate suggestions/comments on:
> >1. What  partitions to set?. 
> >2. Should I preserve the Windows recovery partition which came with the preinstalled on laptop HD? (note: it comes with a Japanese Windows which I don't use and plan to overwrite with an English Windows) version).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Joel.
> >
> 
> I just did this on my Satellite A135, that came with Vista.
> At first I just wiped Vista, and installed Linux, but then figured
> "what the heck, I can test Windows Perl scripts on it". So I put
> in the Toshiba Restore disk, and let it reinstall.
> 
> What happens during the reinstall, is you can select an option to
> use less than the full disk for Vista. Select down to 20 Gig (the minimum).
> Install. Now what you will have is 
> /dev/sda1  1 gig   Maintenance partition
> /dev/sda2  20 Gig Windows.
> 
> Now, I have always been one of those old timers, that like to keep
> a small partition in sda1 for /boot, to hold all the kernels. This just
> makes booting foolproof, since all bioses can get to sda1. So I format
> the Recovery partition(/dev/sda1) to use as /boot for linux.
> 
> So......
> When you install (I don't do debian but it should be similar to Slackware
> Ubuntu, and Suse for the "partition selection" process), fill out your disk.
> 
> An example below:
> 
> 1. Make primary sda3, make it vfat to have a way of writing to Windows.
>     Vista is ntfs only, and linux can't write to it yet, so you need a way in.
>     You will need to set it's partition type to fat32, and format it either
>     with Windows or mkdosfs -F 32.  That can be done later.
> 
> 2. Make extended sda4.... the rest of the disk, to be filled in with logical partitions.
>     (Ubuntu will do this automagically for you, and will automatically make the
>      next partition /dev/sda5... so don't get confused if it happens).
> 
> 3. Now you can split the rest of the drive for linux:
> 
>     sda5  1 gig                                   /swap
>     sda6   10 gig   reiserfs or ext3    /  
>     sda7   10 gig   reiserfs or ext3    spares for testing other distros
>     sda8   10 gig   reiserfs or ext3    spares  for testing or extra space
>     sda9   30 gig   reiserfs or ext3    /home
> 
> 
> When you install, format /dev/sda1 as ext2, so any kernel can
> recognize it. I know Ubuntu needs it's boot ext2 or ext3, it won't
> boot reiserfs, so play it safe with ext2.
> Format / anyway you want.
> You may not want to format /home (except for the first time). :-)
> 
> That is the basic idea, good luck to you.
> 
> Remember, back up any important data first.
> 
> zentara
> 
> P.S. I did find one cool way to backup/restore Vista from linux,
> that didn't destroy it's bootability.
> 
> Just dd it.
> To back up:  dd if=/devsda2  of=/mnt/usbdrive/vista.bak
> To restore:   dd if=/mnt/usbdrive/vista.bak  of=/dev/sda2
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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>