IFL running under Linux (MINT)

Hehe.

Things that will help you in your new adventure:
- info about linux commands and shell
https://ss64.com/
http://linuxcommand.org/

- info for everything else
https://wiki.archlinux.org/ (I do not use arch but it has the most updated wiki/info)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home (Ubuntu wiki is also good but offen outdated)
Debian help pages are also great... if you manage to find what you are searching for (when I want some info there I always use google)

- use tmpfs for mounting directories with temporary data, browser cache directories, etc. (on ssds you minimize the writes on hdds you make your system snapier)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/tmpfs
https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization

- and if you need help a forum that is very friendly for noobs is the opensuse forum
https://forums.opensuse.org/forum.php

ps. if you have 8 gb of ram you do not need a swap partition.

Panagiotis

 

Since I was about to start working with VirtualBox, I decided to take your advice above to keep the effort as small as possible without rebuilding my System from scratch. I decided to create an NTFS partition to house /home. This would allow for faster/easier imaging mgmt using either IFL, IFW or Macrium Reflect due to their ability to do fast Incremental imaging based on FileSystem metadata for NTFS partitions.

Is there a huge disadvantage in using NTFS under Linux? There's probably some small performance issues... I'm just interested if there's any LARGE issues of any kind.

...and you think that's funny, huh?

The System under test has 12gB of RAM so I eliminated the Linux SWAP partition... thanks for the suggestion!

The current configuration (Legacy-MBR multiBOOT <under Windows control at the moment>: Windows 7 <NTFS>, Linux MINT / <EXT4> and MINT's /home <NTFS>), hopefully, will be easily manageable at the imaging level under either LIVE Systems or associated Recovery Medias. I really like imaging flexibility if it's available.

 

No "biggies" that I'm aware of, but if you haven't already seen this ubuntu forums thread, it's worth a look just to be aware of some potential minor issues.

I still say Grub2 beats fiddling with the Windows boot manager and its boot configuration data (BCD) setup, visual BCD editors and EasyBCD "tricks" notwithstanding. On the other hand, your other advice is working very well so far. thanks a lot.

 

I have not tested it for home. The one disavantage is a small performance hit. But I'm not sure if the permission's will work correctly... probably not...
https://askubuntu.com/questions/330356/is-it-bad-to-have-home-on-an-ntfs-partition

Have been there so... yes... I still remember the frustation of figuring something out and searching for a solution.
One small advise from personal experience:
use a txt file to save the info that you find usefull e.g. commands, locations of settings, etc. If you'll need them after 6 months you can spend hours and a lot of clicking through sites to find the same info again.

You are welcome. even if you do create a swap the system will never use it unless you run very, very large databases, or multiple virtual pcs or you hibernate the system.

On some systems I use a similar configuration: windows ntfs / Linux ext4 /Home ext4/ Data ntfs (where I store files from both OSes, video, music, etc.)

Panagiotis