[luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro
W. Wayne Liauh
LiauhW001 at Hawaii.rr.com
Fri Nov 8 00:04:00 PST 2002
Also, since it is well known that Linux doesn't write NTFS files very
well, it is almost mandatory in a dual boot system to have a separate
FAT32 partition to store data which will be shared by Linux and XP. The
number of partitions in a well designed Windows/Linux dual-boot system
should always be greater than 4, thus, necessating the need for extended
partitions.
> Even with a workstation/desktop, I always keep at least a separate
> /home partition in extended partition. Since I have to run Win4Lin, I
> am also keeping /var and /opt in separate partitions. (The main
> reason you keep separate partitions is that, when you re-install a new
> distro, you don't have to re-format them.)
>
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