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Partitioning Advice
I want to set up a partitioning scheme that will allow me to play around with multiple operating systems and desktop environments.
I have 64-bit hardware and 6 GB RAM. This is a Dell Inspiron N5010 Laptop, purchased in 2011.
Current Set-Up:
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SIZE PARTITION SYSTEM WHAT IT IS
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100 MB /dev/sda1 fat16 Dell Utility
14.65 GB /dev/sda2 ntfs Windows Recovery
227 GB /dev/sda3 ntfs Windows 7
[224.02 GB] /dev/sda4 extended (container)
>215.57 GB /dev/sda5 ext4 / (Ubuntu Linux 10.04)
>1 MB unallocated
>8.45 GB /dev/sda6 linux-swap swap space
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Proposed New Partition Scheme:
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SIZE PARTITION SYSTEM WHAT IT IS
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100 MB /dev/sda1 fat16 Dell Utility
14.65 GB /dev/sda2 ntfs Windows Recovery
20 GB /dev/sda3 ntfs Windows 7
100 GB /dev/sda4 ntfs Windows Data Storage
6 GB /dev/sda5 linux-swap Swap space
10 GB /dev/sda6 ext4 / (Debian + old gnome)
10 GB /dev/sda7 ext4 / (Mint + Cinnamon)
10 GB /dev/sda8 ext4 / (Mint + Mate)
10 GB /dev/sda9 ext4 / (Slackware + KDE? Something.)
270 GB /dev/sda10 ext4 /home
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Questions:
- Can they all share the same /home partition?
- Do you think my sizes are too big or too small?
- Also, can I go ahead and create that /home partition now and move all my data over there?
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Originally Posted by
juliajuliad 
Questions: [/B]
- Can they all share the same /home partition?
- Do you think my sizes are too big or too small?
- Also, can I go ahead and create that /home partition now and move all my data over there?
Hello and welcome! :)
Yes, it is possible for multiple distros to share a /home partition but things can get messy if you aren't careful, as it is easy to muck things up because all distros aren't built to work in exactly the same way. You would need to plan it out carefully and keep a close eye on things as you go along.
You can probably get better answers for the Windows partitions on a Windows forum, but the Linux partitions look fine. They are actually bigger than they would have to be, but if it were me, I'd probably add about another 5 GB to each of those root partitions.
Personally, I'd wait on moving any data to /home because it would be easy to lose it with all that installing going on.
Good luck with your multi-distro project... :cool:
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