FC4 - Partition Plan

[Paul Howarth]

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 17:22 -0800, Hoffmann wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I would like to know if my partition plan is good. The
> scenario is: 
> (a) Hard drive = 250 GB
> (b) Memory RAM = 1 GB
> 
> Partition plan:
> (a) Windows xp = 60 GB
> (b) Linux (Fedora 4) = 187.5 GB
> (c) Swap = 2.5 GB
> 
> Is that partition plan a good one? In the future, I
> intend to add 1 GB more of memory RAM. So, is 2.5 GB
> (swap) good in both of scenarios (1 or 2 GB RAM)?

2.5G swap will be fine.

If you're using LVM for the main Linux partition (I would), you'll also
need a small non-LVM partition (say 100M) for /boot, since grub does not
currently understand how to handle LVM.

I agree with the suggestions of adding a separate FAT32 partition for
sharing data between Windows and Linux, and also leaving some
unpartitioned space so that you can try another OS at some point (e.g.
FC5) without having to remove or otherwise fiddle with your current
setup.

Paul.