i'm a pure noob

why can't anyone help me?

you need a linux swap partition , like the double of the ram size you have and a linux ext2 or ext3 partition of the size you wish to have to store your files

you didn't even wait 20 minuets for a reply before you replied to your own thread. For shame.

You're also not really telling us much of what you are trying to do. By the looks of it you have some sort of partitioning program open. Yes, those Linux partitions are really linus partitions. You can't read into a linux partition from windows. You can read only from an NTFS patition for Linux (well, write is still experimental i beleive). You can read/write from a fat32 from Linux.

What else are you wanting to know?

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If you were wondering how to setup a dual boot system checkout:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/R...h-dualboot.html
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to install mepis i want to know what format i should use for it's partition
as for swapping, i'll do that later
ext2 or ext3

Linux Swap is what you're needing. ext2 and ext3 are your filesystem.

the most basic linux partitioning scheme is usually like this:

<partition> <size> <type>
/boot 10 - 30mb Ext2
/ Remaining space Ext2 or Ext3
swap Double your ram Swap

can i make unallocated 15 gigs and let mepis do it all?
or just give 15 gigs ext 2 and let the setup do the rest?

in other words will this be ok?

hello?

You need (lets say you have 512mb of ram) a swap drive behind that ext2 partition. You could make like 1gb swap, or even less.

I normally do this

100mb for /boot (ext2)
512mb for swap
The rest for / (ext3)

will the setup do that for me? or do i have to do all the partitions manually?

is "the rest" logical or primary

so like this?
and the setup will take it from there?

Here's a good guide

http://jetblackz.freeprohost.com/PartitioningHardDisks.html

I put / and /boot as primary

that's not for linux
all i want to know is what i have in the last screenie is good enough

ok, made both primary
is this ok now? will i be able to install mepis after these partitions are created?

Uh, yeah it is

It's for a dual boot setup



The FAT32 is to share data between Linux and windows, the NTFS is to install 2000/XP, and the other partitions are for linux.

oh i'm sorry
is what i have good enough?

where is the boot part for the 40 gig drive?

all i want to know is ext2 or ext3?

Ext3. I'd even do reiserfs for your / partition (you can do this in the setup if PM doesn't give you the option).