/dev/hda1 Gentoo /boot, GRUB ext3 64M GRUB chainloads Windows, boots Gentoo kernel(s) from /dev/hda1, Ubuntu kernel/initrd from /dev/hda6 (Ubuntu shouldnt install nor manage a bootloader!) /dev/hda2 Windows XP Pro ntfs 10G Needs Office, VS.Net,... /dev/hda3 Shared fat32 2G Transfer files between Windows and Linux /dev/hda4 Extended /dev/hda5 Gentoo / ext3 512M /bin, /lib, /mnt, /root, /sbin /dev/hda6 Ubuntu / (incl. /boot) ext3 512M /boot(!!), /bin, /lib, /mnt, /root, /sbin /dev/hda7 vg-system 10G extra in here /dev/vg-system-swap swap 1G Might be less (1G RAM) /dev/vg-system-gentoo_opt jfs 1G Grow when necessary /dev/vg-system-gentoo_usr jfs 2G Grow when necessary /dev/vg-system-gentoo_var xfs 1G Grow when necessary /dev/vg-system-ubuntu_opt jfs 1G Grow when necessary, might be too big /dev/vg-system-ubuntu_usr jfs 3G Grow when necessary /dev/vg-system-ubuntu_var jfs 512M Grow when necessary, might be insufficient (what does Ubuntu place under /var?) /dev/hda8 vg-data /dev/vg-data-home jfs 1G Grow when necessary /dev/vg-data-tmp xfs 512M Grow when necessary /dev/vg-data-media jfs 1G Grow when necessary Optional: /dev/vg-data-jhbuild jfs 3G JHBuild, shared between Gentoo and Ubuntu --- Total: 27G (37G with complete vg-system) 80G total -> 40G extra for vg-data