[Novices] Hard Drive Partitioning

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> I just went thru issues with fat32 partitioning on a large hd.  Will win98 run on such a large drive without issues?

Will Win98 run on any drive without issues?  

It shouldn't care about the drive size.

> > > I bought a new 120Gb hard drive for an older system.  I still need the
> > > system to run Win98 but that is only occasionally.  I thought I would
> > > make this one a dual boot system to try out some of the Linux business
> > > apps.
> > > My questions are: 
> > > A) What is the best way to partition this for the dual boot?  
> > Give yourself whatever you need for Win98 and the rest for Linux.
> > Or if this is really a _new_ drive, leave W98 on your old hard drive
> > and put Linux on the new hard drive.
> > > B)Should the swap partition be a primary partition or can it be a
> > > logical one?
> > Either, makes no difference.
> > > C)  I'd like to have 3 partitions for the windows side; an OS partition,
> > > a programs partition and a data partition.  I was going to make the
> > > program and data logical partitions.  If I do this would Linux be able
> > > to read the data partition?
> > Linux can read and write to FAT/VFAT/FAT32 partitions perfectly.
> > And Linux doesn't care if the partitions are primary or secondary.