Multi-boot system for testing purpose

[satimis]

Hi folks,

I'm prepared using a newly built AMD64 box to build a multi-boot system for testing OSs.


HD - total capacity 40G
10G - WinXP (now running)

the remaining capacity is spare without partition nor FS.

I'll install Ubuntu 5.10_64 from the install CD (installer) supplied by Ubuntu on the next ~10G space of the HD.

Please advise:-
- can I run the installer to partition the remaining space of the HD during installation
- do I need to create 100M space as bootloader tabbed
- will 2G swap space be sufficient (RAM 1.024Mb)
- is 10G space sufficient for / and /home, etc. I'm not going to create a partition for /home. Because on installing another OS a further /home partition will make the HD complication.
- will installing ubuntu influence the running WinXP

Further suggestion will be appreciated. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[budman7]

For the swap, I wouldn't bother if I were you.
1 GB ram is more than enough.
For the partitioning, I would partition the remaining space using XP's disk management.
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management.
For installing the 2nd distro, just install grub to the root partition.
then edit your grub.conf or menu.lst file, and make an entry like this.

title=linux
root (hd0,5)
chainloader +1