Ok here's a fun question.<BR><BR>I have one distro of linux installed on a partition. I want to test out another distro on a separate partition (using the same swap partition) and if I like it, I'd ...

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Here is what I have:<P>two HD one is 6 gigs 5200 rpm the other 30 gig 7400 rpm<BR>Getting ready to back-up and format both.<P>Should I format them both under fat and how many partitions should I make?

I'm done with dual-booting.