--=-llkpFr881q32PkanTjid Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The general rule of thumb I remember is twice your ram. Also, I don't remember if this applies to 2K but I've found that XP is a real bitch about being on the first drive. It may have the second partition but it must be hda/sda. That shouldn't affect you though. On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 15:56, Mark Phillips wrote: > I have a laptop with Win2K installed. I want to resize the primary=20 > partition to add Linux (Mandrake 8.2). >=20 > 1. How big should I make the swap space? I will have 2-3 users, and will=20 > use the machine as a Java development machine running tomcat and j2ee app= s. >=20 > 2. Any hidden gotchas I should know about before I partition the drive? I= =20 > am using PartitionMagic to add a new logical partition for Linux to the=20 > single primary partition that has Win2k >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Mark Phillips > Phillips Marketing, Inc. > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz > 480 945-0798 > 480 945-9197 fax >=20 > No trees were destroyed in the sending of this contaminant free message, > however, a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. >=20 >=20 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 Bryce C CoBryce Communications --=-llkpFr881q32PkanTjid Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA+dlVc/wbq/C6yyPcRAlkYAJ0e4yp/ZF0UwRbS8Wt5TI60PNc/6wCgq9zm PL8+8Zyxq7y4RX/g9tNG+Hk= =/w2I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-llkpFr881q32PkanTjid--