I'm not all that new to the Linux thing, but I want to install Debian 2.1 onto a 2.1 gig hard drive and be able to keep my other OS (sadly, Win98) until I can burn all my stuff to disc and convert my other HDD (8.6GB) to ext2. In any case, I'd just like to know how I can partition it correctly ... I want to be able to use LILO through DOS to boot to Linux off the hard drive, because on the box I've had for about a year now boots off a floppy, which takes an unnecessarily inordinate amount of time. Should I make a 16MB partition specifically for /boot (some guy on another list said that would work), another partition for root (what's appropriate size here, as a partition of a 2GB HDD if I want to use the system for coding/development?), and the rest for /usr and all the other stuff? How do you (plural) suggest I go about doing this? Also, can I specify where I want all the parts of the file system to rest on the drive? I can't remember from my last installation (did a plain old vanilla stripped-server profile for my boss). What will allow me to drop to DOS and go through lilo? I've checked the FAQ, and I suppose what I'm looking for is something more in-depth ... I thank you all for your time, Michael Phillips
(I'm having troubles with it not recognizing my Rockwell HCF 56K, too, but that's a whole other email! :o)
