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trademark91 · 14/05/2010 05:55 AM

so my graphics card burned out recently, and i had to get it replaced, so i used this opportunity to completely redo my computer system.

previous system:

dual boot debian x64 and windows 7

14 partition:
12 ext3
1 extended
1 ntfs

the windows had to mount the ext3 drives, which didnt work well, and caused many bluescreens
plus, all the partitions made me feel cluttered.

new system:

dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu 10.04 x64

4 partition:
2 ext4
1 ntfs
1 fat

2 partitions for linux (/ and /boot)
1 windows partition
and the fat partition will be used to store all my media and stuff

i think this will run a lot more smoothly.
(also might add another partition to try windows server 2008, just for the hell of it)

don't know why im telling you this lol

Assassinator · 14/05/2010 06:00 AM

(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: 12 ext3

O.o

trademark91 · 14/05/2010 06:01 AM

(14/05/2010 06:00 AM)Assassinator Wrote:
(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: 12 ext3

O.o

...yeah i went partition crazy.

S7* · 14/05/2010 06:24 AM

(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: and the fat partition will be used to store all my media and stuff

I understand you want to access it from both OSs but you also have to put up with the 4GB file limit..

trademark91 · 14/05/2010 07:26 AM

(14/05/2010 06:24 AM)S7* Wrote:
(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: and the fat partition will be used to store all my media and stuff

I understand you want to access it from both OSs but you also have to put up with the 4GB file limit..

good call. maybe ill just go with ntfs then. or ext2. i need it to be easily mounted from 7 though, that's the only issue...

S7* · 14/05/2010 07:36 AM

(14/05/2010 07:26 AM)trademark91 Wrote:
(14/05/2010 06:24 AM)S7* Wrote:
(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: and the fat partition will be used to store all my media and stuff

I understand you want to access it from both OSs but you also have to put up with the 4GB file limit..

good call. maybe ill just go with ntfs then. or ext2. i need it to be easily mounted from 7 though, that's the only issue...

indeed. and I haven't heard if NTFS-support has been implemented in Linux yet...

Just one of those problems...

trademark91 · 14/05/2010 07:49 AM

(14/05/2010 07:36 AM)S7* Wrote:
(14/05/2010 07:26 AM)trademark91 Wrote:
(14/05/2010 06:24 AM)S7* Wrote:
(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: and the fat partition will be used to store all my media and stuff

I understand you want to access it from both OSs but you also have to put up with the 4GB file limit..

good call. maybe ill just go with ntfs then. or ext2. i need it to be easily mounted from 7 though, that's the only issue...

indeed. and I haven't heard if NTFS-support has been implemented in Linux yet...

Just one of those problems...

ntfs is definitely implemented in linux lol. i use ntfs-3g and it always seems to work. im just worried about what will be easiest for them all . ext3 shared would be ideal, but the driver for windows doesn't work. and ive been hearing some bad things about writing too much to ntfs drives from linux. at this point, im really confus... :(

trademark91 · 14/05/2010 08:03 AM

ok. going with ext2

i need to format it with journaling enabled and an inode size of 128 to make sure it will mount cleanly on windows 7 however...

S7* · 14/05/2010 08:09 AM

(14/05/2010 07:49 AM)trademark91 Wrote:
(14/05/2010 07:36 AM)S7* Wrote:
(14/05/2010 07:26 AM)trademark91 Wrote:
(14/05/2010 06:24 AM)S7* Wrote:
(14/05/2010 05:55 AM)trademark91 Wrote: and the fat partition will be used to store all my media and stuff

I understand you want to access it from both OSs but you also have to put up with the 4GB file limit..

good call. maybe ill just go with ntfs then. or ext2. i need it to be easily mounted from 7 though, that's the only issue...

indeed. and I haven't heard if NTFS-support has been implemented in Linux yet...

Just one of those problems...

ntfs is definitely implemented in linux lol. i use ntfs-3g and it always seems to work. im just worried about what will be easiest for them all . ext3 shared would be ideal, but the driver for windows doesn't work. and ive been hearing some bad things about writing too much to ntfs drives from linux. at this point, im really confus... :(

after reading up about NTFS-3G it does seem like the best option if you want to avoid the 4GB limit of FAT32

trademark91 · 14/05/2010 08:18 AM

now i changed my mind. going with ntfs lol

eh what's the worst that can happen? if i mess up, i can always just re partition. i just want to get the OS config right.

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