Very Computer

There are several issues in your recipe that I would argue with.
In particular I don't see why you need PartitionMagic or fips.

I would start by using DOS fdisk (or Linux fdisk, if necessary)
to make a DOS/Windows partition of the required size,
and then install Windows.

Then I'd use Linux fdisk to partition the rest of the disk --
or just install Linux, and partition the disk during the installation.

I think one is usually advised to make the swap partition
twice the size of one's RAM,
so 100MB is probably rather small.

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Timothy Murphy  

tel: +353-86-233 6090
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

I realize all of this. I mereley put this guide here to help those who
don't know how to do this.  All of this is assuming you already have
windows installed (even though step one was to install windows) Swap
partitions usually are suposed to be double the size of your ram, but
I use about 180MB for mine and it works fine. Your Swap partition size
will vary depending on what kind of applications you run and the
function of the system

:)

Quote:Mike L. writes:
> Swap partitions usually are suposed to be double the size of your ram

There is no such rule.
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John Hasler

Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

It's not a _rule_.
It is however standard advice, eg from the RedHat Installalation Guide:

     " A swap partition (at least 32 MB) ? swap partitions are used to
support virtual memory. In other words, data is written to a swap partition
when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing.
The size of your swap partition should be equal to twice your computer's
RAM, or 32 MB, whichever amount is larger."

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Timothy Murphy  

tel: +353-86-233 6090
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland