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GParted after setting up dual boot

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Hi,

I read this article, “Dual-boot Fedora 15 and Ubuntu 11.04 with either side on an LVM partitioning scheme.”(http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/06/20/dual-boot-fedora-15-and-ubuntu-11-04-with-either-side-on-an-lvm-partitioning-scheme/3/)

I intend to use a 320GB Portable HDD for this task instead of the built-in hard disk. Would the install procedure be different? Also, as I am using a 320GB hard drive, I am bound to have lots of free space. Would it be possible for me to use GParted to make the free space an NTFS partition that Windows, Fedora and Ubuntu can read and write to?

Thanks in advance.

SSY

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  1. SSY on Jul 02, 2011

    Hi,

    Forgot to ask one more question. What changes do I need to make to the procedure if I want to triple-boot Kubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15? Leaving about 75GB of portable hard disk space for NTFS aside, would I still have space?

    Thanks.

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    • finid on Jul 02, 2011

      On a 320 GB HDD, you have plenty of room. 75 GB for NTFS leaves 245 GB for the 3 distributions.

      Depending on what you will be using them for, you could split the remaining space evenly. That’s almost 82 GB for each. Plenty of room for any distribution. A new installation of any one of them takes up about 3 GB (of disk space).

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      • SSY on Jul 03, 2011

        In summary, I will install Fedora 15 first, then Ubuntu 11.04, and lastly Kubuntu 11.04?
        Do I have to use the alternate install download for Kubuntu too? Will the partitioning procedure be the same as the one for Ubuntu?

        Another thing: Where exactly are the alternate install locations for Kubuntu and Ubuntu? Also, how do I configure 1 Swap space for use by all three distros?

        Thanks.

        SSY

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        • ecodvd on Jan 16, 2012

          wow…..it is cool…

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    • finid on Jul 02, 2011

      Another thing: To save disk space, you might want to configure 1 Swap space for use by all three, instead of separate Swap for each. That will save you about 4 GB that you can use for data.

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  2. SSY on Jul 02, 2011

    Hi finid,

    Thanks for the answer. I’ll try the whole procedure when I’m free.

    Thanks!

    SSY

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    finid on Jul 01, 2011

    So you have a Windows PC and you want to dual-boot Fedora and Ubuntu on a portable HDD.

    The procedure is the same. Just make sure that during the installation process, you select the portable HDD. It may sound obvious, but is easy to select the wrong HDD in situations like yours. It is also very easy to install GRUB in the wrong location, so be aware of that too.

    If you plan on creating an NTFS partition that all three can access, be sure to leave that space out the volume groups. And yes, you can use any partitioning tool to create that partition. You can even create it from inside Windows.

    Keep in mind that if you install Ubuntu last, it could add an entry for Windows in GRUB’s menu. That’s neither good or bad, but just a small fact you should know.

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