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I think somewhere I read that partitions located at the start of the drive (=on the outer tracks) are faster than ones near the end of the drive? If so, would it make any sense to have the linux swap partition at the start of the drive And does it really have to be that big? The computer I'm planning to do this setup on has 512mb ram.
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Location of the Swap partition will have miniscule, if any, effect on speed. Even if it does, you will never notice it. Mine is at the beginning of the Drive, but that was purely an OCD decision on my part (2 GB, 7GB, 10GB, 7GB, 10GB looked prettier in Setup than 7, 10, 7, 10, 2, etc.); I know it sounds strange. It doesn't have to be so big. Nowadays, with RAM so cheap and lots of systems having 2+ GB, many folks opt to only run a 256 MB Swap. "In the old days" though, it was generally: Swap = 2x physical RAM. For your system, I'd go by that, so 1024 MB should be fine.
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Also, how easy is it to install another linux distro over an existing one without affecting my 98? I might try out other distros later, and want easy and smooth transition without any hassle.
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Extremely easy. Just make sure you format the existing Linux partitions first, and install the new Distro to those partitions. The boot loader of the new Distro will detect Windows just as Ubuntu does.