SATA with linux ext3, and IDE with Win XP using FAT32. I used fat32 for windows bcause it makes it easier to share the filesystem with linux. I rarely use windows, so any performance issues aren't that important to me. This works for me.
[bomr@localhost ~]$ /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start
End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 *
1 13
104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2
17991 19457 11783677+
c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3
14 143
1044225 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda4
144 17990 143356027+
f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5
144 17990 143355996
83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
[bomr@localhost ~]$ /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 15.0 GB, 15020457984 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 29104 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start
End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 *
1 29103 14667880+
c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
[bomr@localhost ~]$ more /boot/grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel
and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version
ro root=/dev/sda5
# initrd /initrd-version.img
boot=/dev/sda1
default=1
timeout=15
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp
ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667
ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
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