Resolved Question: How to set up partitions for a dual boot gentoo / windows xp machine?

24 July 2010, 4:41 pm

So i because of a nasty virus im gunna build my computer up from scratch again. My plan was to dual boot it with Gentoo and Windows XP. I have a 140 G internal hardrive and about 1 Tb of the remaining two partitions on an external one. Because i want to separate the Windows and windows home partition what sizes should they be? and how would you go about dividing the partitions Thanks Ok so i guess its my fault for phrasing poorly. I got the gentoo stuff thats easy for me. Im not sure about the Windows install. Basically what im trying to do is put the C:/Documents and Settings\ on its own partition. so that i have all the Windows-y stuff and programs on one partition and another with all the user data. So question 1. How do i do this. and 2. How big would each of those need to be.... Read More »

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