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hey people,
i just got my laptop back from recovery ( hdd broke ) and now i'm planning to install arch and after that install w7 which i get free from msdnaa (oem version sucks).
now i thought about the partition scheme to look like this:
sda1 - current layout has a SYSTEM RESERVED flagged boot for windows (does w7 still require this ?)
sda2 - around 35G for windows
sda 3 - extended
sda4 - /
sda5 - /home
sda6 - swap (i generally dont need swap so it comes last; might also become a puppy/slax whatever partition for backing up root and home)
sda7 - windows C drive which i also access from within linux as main storage partition (ntfs-3g never failed for me)
my questions now are if this is a sane layout and whether it could cause problems when installing windows later.
where should i put grub ? to root and make that bootable ? windows will override the mbr later but i can fix that from a live cd ..!?
Last edited by naequs (2011-01-26 14:12:29)
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Partitioning is down to you but yes looks fine
Install grub to mbr and chain load windows from it
/boot is for Linux only
swap not getting into that here really depends on amount of ram [do people use swapfiles?]
You can repair booting from a live cd if MS wipes it guide in Arch wiki
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yeah right, the boot flagged partition in the current layout is named SYSTEM RESERVED ... will windows require that one for installation? (wrong forum maybe )
or is it enough to just create a 15G partition as sda1 and let the space for C: unallocated to be later created bz windows ?
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Or do not install windows at all run it under virtualbox
I do not use to dual boot with windows so cannot comment
Sure someone who does use it will answer that one
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The SYSTEM RESERVED partition is the partition that Windows7 boots from, so yes, it IS required.
Regards .....
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why don't you KIS and just install Windows 7 before you install Arch?
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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yep, downloaded w7 and doing that now
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Win7 will not create its "special" boot partition if you partition & format beforehand, e.g. with the arch linux iso. Then just tell it to install into the prepared partition.
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http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/2 … windows-7/
Here, under Method 3, is a way to remove the 100MB partition directly on install.
I believe that you only need the system reserved partition if you want to use Bitlocker. Truecrypt is better anyway
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yep win7 was happy enough with being assigned to sda2 ! ill now use that 128M partition as /boot for arch, nvm !
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