• nickp
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Topic: Crunchbang main distro partition scheme, & Vbox Blackberry USB

Hi there,

Usually i would make a post in the new user forum but thought it best to combine the 2.

I have used Debian for a while but see Cruncbang as the distro i have slimmed my Debian down to be, but with less work for me to do!

I just spent a while re partitioning from my old setup to add a dual boot with XP so i could use my blackberry on XP. I dont want to do this though, and would much rather just use XP in a virtualbox if i can to achieve the same. Does anyone know if you can sync your Berry on crunchabang host using XP in virtualbox?

Also, if i dont dual boot i will re partition before the install of crunchbang. I used to have as follows:

/boot      200MB  EXT2
/root         20GB  EXT4
/home       30GB  EXT4
/userfiles 195GB  EXT4   (for storage of all media, music, TV shows etc)
swap       512MB

The main reason was to have /boot as no journalling EXT2 (was told to do this) and to allow all partitions to be EXT4.

What partition setup would you suggest.?

I mainly surf, watch stuff and manage my ipod. I like the extra media partition to llow me to reinstall root and home without losing my files.

Many thanks!

  • From: California, USA
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Re: Crunchbang main distro partition scheme, & Vbox Blackberry USB

Your partition setup looks fine to me.

As for VirtualBox, as long as you use the PUEL version you can use USB devices normally.

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Re: Crunchbang main distro partition scheme, & Vbox Blackberry USB

Hi nickp, and welcome to CrunchBang smile  You will find the forums a very knowledgable place with users ready to help/offer information if it is required.

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  • nickp
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Re: Crunchbang main distro partition scheme, & Vbox Blackberry USB

Thanks for the replies and the welcome!

I did it, i installed it last night, Statler openbox 64 bit. I have an intel dual core processor, just wondered if people thoguth it was better to use the i686 or the 64 bit versions for such a machine (3GB of RAM), fo surfing, video watching etc.

I tried installing virtualbox PUEL using GDebi but picked squeeze, and got an error in red text on the installer. Then i tried using lenny, but it said a newer version was installed, but no option to choose it sigh....

I installed the linux headers for amd 64 to get auto kernel updates, and now i need to work out how to remove the old v box and install properly!

I love getting to grips with a new distro.....:)

I might just go to xfce though....

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Re: Crunchbang main distro partition scheme, & Vbox Blackberry USB

Just add the repository to your sources.list and then use Synaptic to update your list and install VirtualBox.

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze non-free
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