Dual Booting
I was affraid before my drive crashed.
But then I had to do things over anyway.
I loaded up Windows XP with the minimum or should I say I deleted a lot after setup.( The whole Control Panel list)
I had more things that I use on CDs anyway.
So I the tried MEPIS install and kept Windows at the beginning of the drive.
I used the QT Parted and set up my Linux partition. I did not make a swap drive as I was not sure how to. Then it asked how to set up GRUB and put it in Master boot record. I rebooted and everthing worked fine. I have yet to have a problem in MEPIS without the swap partion. Could someone tell me when I'm going to need one?
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You need one only if you run
You need one only if you run out of memory, so it depends how much memory you have, however it's a good idea to have one because it will make your system more stable -- if a program starts to eat memory it will take more time till it will bring down the system -- you get a change to stop it in time. You can always set up a Swap file, which is easier to do, read here: www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Swap_file
Theoretically that might be slower than a separate partition, but it might not matter if it hardly gets used, but it's a good idea to have it there just for peace of mind.
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