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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Cyberus on March 26, 2003, 03:56:54 PM

Title: Partitioning for Linux/Win98/UAE
Post by: Cyberus on March 26, 2003, 03:56:54 PM

I wonder if anyone had any advice...
I got a new laptop at the weekend. It has a 20gb HD and came with Win98 installed. The last time I partitioned a drive it was my university machine, but now I want to try using Linux and also i want to start using UAE. So the questions are:
Where do I get partition software from (preferably free!)
Is there any disadvantage to having loads of partitions

I would like a boot partition for Win98, a data partition (could this be accessed by Windows, Linux and WinUAE if it is using the PC file format, how about FAT16, FAT32?), and a Linux boot partition.
Also, does it make any difference if I have a separate swap partition, or can I have this as part of the Linux partition?

Sorry for all the Qs, and I'm sorry it's PC related!
Cheers

Title: Re: Partitioning for Linux/Win98/UAE
Post by: nrose on March 26, 2003, 04:44:45 PM

Cyberus wrote:

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Where do I get partition software from (preferably free!)

I'm using SuSE 8.1 Linux and I believe it has a partitioning utility.  I didn't use it because my drive was already partitioned.

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Cyberus wrote:

I would like a boot partition for Win98, a data partition (could this be accessed by Windows, Linux and WinUAE if it is using the PC file format, how about FAT16, FAT32?), and a Linux boot partition.
Also, does it make any difference if I have a separate swap partition, or can I have this as part of the Linux partition?

Windows, Linux and WinUAE can access FAT32 perfectly well.  Windows can't access the Linux partition (fine with me :-D).  I think my swap partition was set up from the Linux partition at installation.