I think if you lack of harddisk space, 300 mb for /boot is overkill, 100 mb is more than enough because it will only hold grub, initrd and kernel.
as for making all in one / partition, if for any reason you messed up the system, the whole user data will be gone. another solution is to make a server that hold all the system file, the server will serve the system file to all the dumb terminal booted with pxe / nfs with local /home partition. i think the server - terminal system will saves lots of harddisk space. as for distributions, IMHO fedora core is stable, easy to install but yum is slow and you wont learn much regarding how linux ticks with this. if you really want to learn linux, go for gentoo or slackware. duckz Zale Dowlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You probably saw the Fedora review on DistroWatch. I am something of a Mepis fan too. I am looking forward to their switching back to Debian. I think it will be a stronger OS then. I may have to play around with Fedora in the future. Zale On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 18:55 +0000, Gary wrote: > --- In [email protected], Zale Dowlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Gary: > > > > Sounds like you are quite techy. PCLOS is designed for the beginner > or > > the one that simply wants an OS that works. I have it on two > laptops, a > > Toshiba and a Sony. It runs really well on both. > > > > Your problems with updating via Synaptic are perplexing. I've not > had > > any trouble with that, nor have I ever run across anyone with that > > problem. Wish I could help you on that. > > > > Overall, thanks for the review. You are the only one I've heard put > > Fedora in the "beginner" category, but maybe that distribution has > > become easier to use and is not the "developers playground" as it > has > > been previously considered. > > > > Thanks > > Zale > > http://lexlocilinux.blogspot.com/ > > > Yeah, I'm tech-y, just not all that Linux-y yet. I've only been a > Linux user for a few months. > > An overview of distros I saw online (don't remember where anymore, > sorry) actually did put Fedora in the "Fairly easy but may require > some advanced knowledge" category...but I haven't needed any knowledge > more advanced than reading up on certain commands (like chmod) in the > Essential Commands Linux Pocket Guide ($9.95 at Borders) or the > ability to follow procedures that other folks have laid out. :) > > SimplyMEPIS was in that same category, but I haven't had any trouble > with that, either. > > I'm *sure* now the PCLOS/Synaptic issues on the cafe computer were > related to lack of disk space. After attempting to upgrade packages, > I discovered that I couldn't even log in anymore, except as root -- > some error about being unable to write to temp directory -- and that > hda1 (mountpoint=/) partition was 100% full, while hda5 (=/home) had > 1.2GB free. Since it was a near-virgin install, I had no compunction > about blowing it away; I manually changed the partitioning to a more > oldsk00l scheme...hda1 300MB=/boot, hda4 388MB=swap, hda5 2.8GB(i.e. > rest of drive)=/. Cafe owner won't ok spending any money at all for > better drive, *sigh*. But this may still work; as an internet kiosk, > not a lot of user junk will be permitted to collect. > > > > > Join Linux on Toshiba Group Group name: linux_on_Toshiba Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux_on_Toshiba Group email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fedora Core 4 - Toshiba and Acer Notebooks personal installation notes Visit http://www.freewebs.com/duckzland Ndiswrapper notes Kernel Guide Fedora Core 4 --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
