Subj : Re: XP, Redhat, Xandros, FreeBSD on one machine?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : M C
Date : Wed Jul 14 2004 02:14 am

vikram.dhir@gmail.com (Vikram) wrote in news:5ebdd446.0407131737.b9be123
@posting.google.com:

> hi,
> 
> well here is a strange setup that i wanna do on my machine. i would
> like to setup windows xp, redhat linux 9, xandros debian linux and
> freebsd 5.0 on my machine. i have a 40 gb harddisk. how should i
> partition my harddisk and how should i configure the bootloader.
> help !
> 
> vicky
> 

Personally I would do 5 partitions. One that's maybe 5GB (or whatever) 
for putting common files like music and pictures on. Then give your 
primary OS the largest partition, maybe 15GB, and the others decent 
sizes. If FreeBSD will only be a webserver then it doesn't need much more 
space than to install into. so 5GB media, 15GB primary OS, then 3GB 
FreeBSD, 7GB xandros, 10GB redhat?

To partition it I like partitionmagic in windows. I dont know about the 
bootloader, but make sure you install windows first. Then do one of the 
linuxes. They will install a bootloader, and I imagine xandros will leave 
you with the least flexibility so do that one first. FreeBSD gives you 
the option to just install without writing to the MBR or using a 
bootloader, im not sure about redhat.

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