<2_cents> You may wish to look at the disk issue a different way. Even if you "take to linux in a big way" (I have) you may wish to get at your data from both environment. Linux is very good at reaching into windoze partitions and getting data. WIndows - Hmmm. I vote for 2 GB for a good linux install, the rest to windoze. </2_cents> Mark Browne ----- Original Message ----- From: <andy at theasis.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 7:42 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] RedHat on a Sony Vaio Laptop > > Can anyone out there tell a new Linux user about how much space I will > > need on a Sony Vaio laptop to install RH 7.1? I am going to be dual > > booting with 98. > > Which model vaio is it, and how big is the hard drive? > > You could easily get away with only 1G for linux, but I recommend more > like 1.5 so you don't run into any limits. Chances are that if you take to > linux at all, you'll do less in win98 and more in linux. > > Maybe the right way to proceed is determine how much you *need* for > windows, and give the rest to linux. > > I have a PCG-Z505HS, 12G drive, and about 3G remains on the Win partition > -- and that only because I've not bothered wiping it out entirely. I > currently store a bunch of linux sources on that partition. > > So, not a real specific recommendation, but perhaps it helps a bit. Else > ask more questions. > > Andy > > > Thank you > > Chuck Licha > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list