The message E1EZ9QK-0002hv-00@terry.blackcatnetworks.co.uk from "Robert Grant (DEV)" R.Grant@uea.ac.uk contains these words:
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Tony, though the windows labels for all your bits C:, F: etc. are not much use in linux for the reasons given, you should still be able to mount these as you please using device paths like /dev/hda1 etc. Apologies if this is blindingly obvious but I was pleased when I realised it! I had a FAT32 partition automounting rw as /exchange and an NTFS one as /xp where 'My Documents' was. The fact that NTFS write support in linux seems to be less than fully reliable is one reason why I didn't want to set up my XP partition with the Sarge d-i by the way, even if that option were offered.
You can change the drive assignations in Win 2000 too, but I'm not sure about Win 98 - I have Win 98 and Win 98SE in separate HD0/hda trays.
(I help beta test ZIMACS - Zetnet's mail/news handling program)
In fact I am thinking of putting 'My Documents' entirely on FAT32 when I reinstall so that everything is easily accessible from both OSs, unless there are compelling performance or reliability reasons not so to do. For example it would be nice to be able to access my mp3 library from both linux and XP.
I can't think of any. The only partition I have as NTFS is Win 2000 Pro's and programs I won't need using any other OS - I think. (Therefore I am wrong...)
I reckon something like this will do
hda1 8G NTFS XP C: or /bloat hda2 8G ext3 Sarge or Ubuntu / hda3 23G FAT32 'My Documents'E: or /xp hda4 20G ext3 /home hda5 1G swap (machine has 256M RAM)
Hmmm. If I use the only spare good HD I have, it's only about 3ยท5 gig, and why would I need a gig of swap, anyway? Or a thought: can I put the swap on another HD?