Thank you for the tip on the root directory. I am on the 4th install today. two because of experimentation with Dual Head and two because at the end of the install, when I've gone for the updates, the communication seems go on forever. I don't know what's going on there but it doesn't look right. On to number 5.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:eug-lug-admin@;efn.org]On Behalf Of P Casper Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 5:31 PM To: Eugene Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]What is the value of w/user install On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 13:40, Master O Planets wrote: > I am preparing to install mandrake 8.2 without windows as a dual boot OS. > > What is the value of using an install, with user, creating a user partition. > I'm going to use it. I'm not sure if I'm grokking what you're trying to ask, here... IF the question is "What is the value of installing a separate /home partition for user-specific directories?" then there's a lot of value. Example: I have reinstalled Mandrake (7.2, then 8.1) 3-4 times in the past 6 months trying ot get a good install. I've had /home on its own partition each time, and the only time I've had to backup and recover my user data was when I had to completely re-do my partitions. That being said, the voice of experience says, if you're installing a single desktop, make sure you allow plenty of space for your / partition; a lot of the programs I've installed didn't want to install as anything other than root, thus not taking as much user-space as I intended for them to take! > > Is there a program like Ghost to create partition images? I know that Linux > is far more powerful in this regard. I just don't want to be reloading the > complete OS at every small mistake. Sure... in fact, AFAIK you can use Ghost to make them if you don't mind a boot disk to get into DOS to make it work. Also: Mandrake allows you, during install, the optiion to create an auto-install disk, which will save the settings from one install for the next one.That might be what you want for this purpose. --PC, another newbie _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
