[ILUG] Disk Partitioning

[Kenn Humborg]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 11:01:48PM -0000, Barry Toomey wrote:
> The frequency of crashes and "illegal operations" on my Windoze98 box have 
> reached an intolerable level, so a total reformat and reinstall seems the 
> only course.
> 
> It seems like an ideal opportunity to partition the disk and install Linux 
> as well. ( I haven't used Linux before but I played with Unix System V on a 
> mini system for years and loved every minute of it). For commercial 
> reasonns I will have to keep Windoze on the box as well
> 
>  What is the best way of doing this? Is there an optimum partition size? 

How big is the disk?  And how many cylinders?

Later,
Kenn