On 2001.09.04 11:51 "LaGuardia, Kristofer S." wrote: > Quick question, if I > want to create a partition for /usr, how would I specify the partition is > for /usr? Is it a type? Anyhow...
Hope i understand this question! What do you mean with specify a partition? Ok. I think you like to know wheter there is a different between a root and a /usr partition. The answer is no. Only the swap partition is a special one. All others are ext2 partitions. This is the standart, like fat32 in windows. You can have a lot of ext2 partitions on your Linux system. For best HD performance you should have only the root ( / ) partition. I don't know why it shold be good to have a seperate /usr partition I only have some extra pertitions for software, that has nothing to do with the Debian system like audio files and sources and other stuff, that i have to save on my HD for a little time. And i have a /home partition, cause i also here save a lot of own software like HTML sites for the web. All this partitions you can initialize while installing Debian after the part for partiton a HD. > I then get all the way to the step when it asks me to mount the swap, so I > select the partition for swap...then the same for Linux...no problem. I had > set both as primary, but the non-swap partition as boot. is that correct? No! If you like to have only one ext2 partition, you have to set this to / partition. This is the highest level of the Linux directory tree. On this partition you can mount the /boot partition if nessessary. But on the /boot partitin you can't install the Debian system that needs the / partition as highest place. Both partitions as primary is ok. Linux makes no differents between primary and extended. You can use both possibilities. > Or should Linux type be primary and the swap type to be logical? Do it how you like!! > Then it > asks me if I want to install LILO to MBR or to the partition, right? So I > choose to the partition...then it asks me if I want to boot into Linux when > I start the computer, and I say yes. is this all correct for a dual boot? No! First: For a dual boot you need to install LILO in the MBR of your first hard disk. If you have your windows allready installed on your first HD, you should change your disks if possible. If your Windows goes to slave, you will have no big problems with installing LILO into MBR of your master hard disk cause it's a Linux HD now. If you then boot your Debian at first time, you will only have access to your first hard disk. But this you can do, to be able to boot both systems: edit your /etc/lilo.conf. You can use the editor vi. Install vi if not installed and type as root: vi /etc/lilo.conf To insert text into this file you need to type the i. Only after this you can put new text into this lilo.conf file. If all is donne use Escape to leave the insert modus. And with :wq you will write your changes to hd and exit of vi. This is my /etc/lilo.conf, written for Linux on first and Windows on second drive: lba32 boot=/dev/hda install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map # password=tatercounter2000 # message=/boot/bootmess.txt prompt timeout=100 vga=0x133 <---for biger letters in console you should set: vga=normal default=Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 label=Linux read-only other=/dev/hdb1 table=/dev/hdb label=win map-drive=0x80 <---This and the following lines will change your to=0x81 drive addresses for the BIOS, which can normally map-drive=0x81 only boot from first drive. to=0x80 After you have modified your /etc/lilo.conf you have to type on console: lilo This will write your new configured Lilo into MBR. That's all!! > Then I don't know what to do. There's also a question I have about the > video card detection. It mentions it can scan the PCI...does this also mean > it will check AGP(or is AGP also part of the PCI?)? Yes! I also have an AGP card but the kernel tells me thomething about PCI. This is ok. > I need a tutorial on how to get Windows 2000(C:), to dual boot with Debian > on a different physical drive(D:). Hope my suggestions will be enough. It's very easy to boot more systems with Lilo and you don't need much knowledge about this. > On a side note, anyone know of a Debian tutorial on setting up @HOME? Just > a brief walkthrough would be nice... I can suggest you the book Debian GNU Linux Guide. You should get it in all good book shops. And you can ask us more. If you have not yet installed the debian packages manpages and man-db: do it. For the example Lilo: man lilo will give you some more informations about this boot loader. And there are much more man pages for all kommands, tools and so on. Timo