06-11-2018, 11:22 PM
"I have no idea why you want to install 2 Linuxes in such a small HD but of course it can be done.
However, I stronly suggest installing only Linux Lite but that is just my 5 cents
"
Like I said this old laptop will be mostly for learning purposes. I don't intend to store much data in it maybe some needed programs, some music and a couple of movies.
I will use it to surf the web and to go to youtube for ex. and other common sites.
This laptop is not my primary laptop (as I have other 2) and is located in a second house.
"Just modify these rules for 2 distros ( create 4 partitions ) and for those 2 swap partitions, 1048576 sectors
for each of them is enough."
I've been reading that only one swap partition is needed and can be shared by the 2 distros.
I already have one distro fully installed across the HD with swap partition.
Can't I use Gparted to resize the current distro partition and create other partitions?
However, I stronly suggest installing only Linux Lite but that is just my 5 cents
"Like I said this old laptop will be mostly for learning purposes. I don't intend to store much data in it maybe some needed programs, some music and a couple of movies.
I will use it to surf the web and to go to youtube for ex. and other common sites.
This laptop is not my primary laptop (as I have other 2) and is located in a second house.
"Just modify these rules for 2 distros ( create 4 partitions ) and for those 2 swap partitions, 1048576 sectors
for each of them is enough."
I've been reading that only one swap partition is needed and can be shared by the 2 distros.
I already have one distro fully installed across the HD with swap partition.
Can't I use Gparted to resize the current distro partition and create other partitions?