Disk Config for Dual Boot?

[wlaxdad]

I am building a new PC from scratch and want to dual boot XP and Ubuntu. I have two 1TB drives. I was planning to run RAID 1, whereby one drive would mirror the other drive, and install XP, Ubuntu, and all data on the single drive. Now I’m thinking maybe I should reserve the 1TB drive for data and install two smaller drives, one to hold XP and one to hold Ubuntu and their respective programs. In this latter config, the OS and programs would not be mirrored. I’m new to dual booting and Linux. I was hoping someone could give me some advice on the best way to configure everything.



Thanks in advance.

[Tor]

There really is no right or wrong way here. It depends on what you want to do. I'd opt for the raid 1 (actually, I prefer raid 5). In the end, it is really up to you though.

[Homebrewer]

Just make ample partitions for your drives. Make sure they are on the fastest drive if you have some slower ones. You can usually dual boot by upgrading and some workarounds, there are often many guides on the net that can help you with that.