Dual boot linux

First you would no longer be referring to it as an array once each drive is seen as a separate logical drive. Most distros like kubunu, ubuntu, Zenwalk, and others are small where you can simply see a 10gb root and if needed for 2gb of memory installed a 4gb to 4 1/2gb swap based on 2 1/2 times the amount of physical memory installed.

Most distros that small however won't even need a swap and will simply run fine without one. Linux runs on far less memory as a rule then other OSs like Windows. As far as seeing both become OSed drives usually a dual boot with XP and Vista or one of those two with 2000 or another older version would end up seeing two drives while a distro will simply slide in on the back end of the drive seeing a small partition there.

Before you decide on going aheads and making any changes the most common advice is simply burning a few live cds and running a distro live to see if you want that one, another, or none at all. Not everyone is a Linux geek as the expression goes! :P
 
PC eye said:
Most distros like kubunu, ubuntu, Zenwalk, and others are small where you can simply see a 10gb root and if needed for 2gb of memory installed a 4gb to 4 1/2gb swap based on 2 1/2 times the amount of physical memory installed.
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Actually, for the average user, the Ubuntu family can make due with a 2-4 GB Root and still have room left over for a ton of stuff. I dedicated a full 7GB to mine, and it's *loaded* with Packages, and I'm finding that I still have more room left over than I'll use.

Also, 4 to 4.5 GB Swap...+ Physical RAM? Ludicris. The Swap = 2x RAM days were true years ago when 128 MB was a lot, not today.

One day the Mods will see...and you will be Banned...and nearly all of CF will rejoice.
 
PC eye said:
The original software/drivers for the dsl hub(hard wired connections) was for 98up. Since that time they went wireless with some places also seeing FIOS or fiber optics. Lately they did upgrade dsl here from 768kbps to 3mb however.
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So, if they upgrade your line, you need a new driver?
 
Also, 4 to 4.5 GB Swap...+ Physical RAM? Ludicris. The Swap = 2x RAM days were true years ago when 128 MB was a lot, not today.
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+1 to that, I ran Ubuntu on my previous rig with no swapfile at all, it had 2.5GBs of RAM, never ran into any problems even when multitasking or during file compression (apart from the fact that my single-core Sempron wasn't exactly fast at it...). Even my current backup rig with mere 512MB of RAM works fine with only 512MB swap, I have several instances of Firefox open with multiple tabs right now along with the Terminal, several instances of the file browser and an array of other files, as well as the System Monitor, and all I'm using is 259MiB (52.4%) RAM and 4.6MiB (1%) swap.
 
hackapelite said:
+1 to that, I ran Ubuntu on my previous rig with no swapfile at all, it had 2.5GBs of RAM, never ran into any problems even when multitasking or during file compression (apart from the fact that my single-core Sempron wasn't exactly fast at it...). Even my current backup rig with mere 512MB of RAM works fine with only 512MB swap, I have several instances of Firefox open with multiple tabs right now along with the Terminal, several instances of the file browser and an array of other files, as well as the System Monitor, and all I'm using is 259MiB (52.4%) RAM and 4.6MiB (1%) swap.
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Like I was mentioning before when running the small distros you can usually go without any swap partition. Not including Fedora the distros named there are all small typically live cd to install releases that will go on with just the root(system files) also being used as the moint point.

The larger enterprise/server types like Fedora, Mandriva, and some other larger fully loaded distributions will typically require a good 2gb or larger swap for those depending on how memory is installed. With newer releases becoming comparable to Windows however for the large distros loaded and a typical build seeing 2gb until lately the 2-2 1/2 times ratio provides an adequate amount of drive space.

I still haven't had a need for over 2gb for one distro alone to this day. Once I get Mandriva 2009 on the partitioning on the Linux will be altered slightly since the version of GParted seen on a live cd is rather limited compared downloading that separately. The present 20gb+ seen for the 3rd partition in the screenshot earlier won't be that size long but simply left a vacancy for a 3rd distro there once Mandriva goes on the first.
 
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