Hi All;
I am thinking to install Linux Red Hat 6.1 on my machine.
Up to now I mostly used OS/2, NT partition below will disappear as soon as I
feel
comfortable enough with Linux.
Here is how my hard drive in partitioned, and depending on the answer to my
question I
am open to changing it as necessary.
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Partition Information for Disk 1: 13037.1 Starting Ending
Volume PartType Status Size MB Cyl. Cyl.
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*:MAINTAIN Hid.FAT16B Pri 156.9 0 9
Boot ManagerPri,Boot 7.8 20 20
C:NO NAME FAT16B Pri 1004.1 21 148
Extended Pri 11868.3
EPBR Log 2000.3
D:NT_APPS FAT16B Log,Boot 2000.3 149 403
EPBR Log 1506.1
E:OS2_SYS HPFS Log,Boot 1506.1 404 595
EPBR Log 2000.3
F:OS2_APPS HPFS Log,Boot 2000.3 595 850
EPBR Log 6361.7
G: Linux-tobe Log,Boot 6361.6 851 1661
Partition G is where I would like to install Linux. But, using Partition magic,
when
I tried to format that partition it only gave me the EXT2 option, no Linux Swap
option
was given. This partition starts at cylinder 851 and ends at 1661. Could this
may be
the reason PM does not give Linux swap option? If so, I can take some space
from the
end of partition F. I have 192 MB of RAM on this machine. What should be the
size of
Linux Swap Partition(s)? I also would like some suggestion of how to slice up
the G.
Specifically, since Linux will not boot from cylinders beyond 1024, what size
should
the /boot partition be? Can it be part of partition G, that is not have its own
partition?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Regards;
Masoud Pajoh
