QUESTION: Building new system from ground up. Will be WINXP Pro & Linux. Have brand new 80gb WD ATA/100 HDD, how should I partition this big drive. Biggest drive I ever had. Partition #1 FAT32 for Windows, what size? Partition #2 remainder of drive extended with Linux in a logical partition? Heard that a partition that's too big will makes WinXP run slow. True/rumor/false??? Install Windows first then Linux?
Have[ol][li]Full new copy Win XP Pro[/li][li]Mandrake Linux[/li][li]Partition Magic Ver 8 [/li][li]FX5600 video board[/li][li]Plextor DVD& CD burner[/li][li]ABIT IC7-G Max II MB[/li][li]Lian Li PC6100B (very nice) Black Case[/li][/ol] Getting a MAXTOR 60 gb UDMA/133 in late Nov.
Regards
Montyw
Have[ol][li]Full new copy Win XP Pro[/li][li]Mandrake Linux[/li][li]Partition Magic Ver 8 [/li][li]FX5600 video board[/li][li]Plextor DVD& CD burner[/li][li]ABIT IC7-G Max II MB[/li][li]Lian Li PC6100B (very nice) Black Case[/li][/ol] Getting a MAXTOR 60 gb UDMA/133 in late Nov.
Regards
Montyw