Dual Boots and Partitions

I am installing XP because I need to dual boot it for work. (And I just miss Civ 4, sorry. Wine doesn't support the Direct2Drive version)

Anywho, XP doesn't like the SATA drive(I think that's the right terminology) so I changed it to IDE in the BIOS. I was wondering a couple things.

What hardware vendor do you guys use so I can try to get the SATA drivers for XP?

Also, what is the best way to partition the remaining space for Ubuntu. I ahve about 180 GB for Ubuntu and people often talk about having a seperate partition for the /home. Do you recommend a separate partition for boot as well? Any recommendations are most appreciated.

Thanks, Dave

Windows' sata drivers are generic. There are some tutorials out there that explain how to acquire and install them.Here's one that I've given out a couple of times...

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Slipstream-your-XP-installation?page=0%2C0

Here's how we recommend dual-booting (and it includes info on partitioning as well)... http://knowledge76.com/index.php/Windows_-_Add_MS_Windows_to_Your_System76_Machine

Tom,

I don't know if you know anything about this, but I installed XP and it doesn't recognize a lot of the hardware. It doesn't have any networking, it doesn't recognize that the laptop is plugged in, just that the battery is 100%. Stuff like that. As I said, the only thing in the BIOS I changed was I switched the SATA to IDE and the OS version from Vista to XP. Any thoughts?

OK, I may be in over my head here. But does a 250 GB SATA II HD mean tha tI have 2 250 GB drives? I am trying to partition my comp laptop and it seems it has 2 drives. I have a pangolin model: panp4n installing 64 bit Ibex.

Hi, Dave.

If memory serves, you have a PanP4n, right?

You can download all of the necessary windows drivers for the PanP4i and the PanP4n here...

http://knowledge76.com/index.php/Panp4

So, you'll need the nVidia driver, not the Intel driver.

No, that's just the spec for the type of drive. SATA II means it supports 3.0Gbs, where version 1 only supported 1.5Gbs.

Here's where you can get your drivers: http://knowledge76.com/index.php/Panp4

You may need to download them to a flash drive from another machine, as I did, but as long as Windows boots you're golden.

I am trying to partition my comp laptop and it seems it has 2 drives

I *think* you are seeing different partitions on the same drive.