Having just installed Mandrake 5.3 myself I can confirm that suggestions on
partition sizes for disks would be nice. I originally went by a
manual/how-to written by someone that had a multiGB HD with plenty of space.
I was installing on a 540MB HD, for Linux only, and was guessing at
partition size. After the first install failed to install all of Xfree86
libs and some important KDE stuff due to space constraints I learned my
lesson. I created a root partition and a swap the second time. Disk Druid
only helped me to name the partition. I had to figure out fdisk, not too
different from MS fdisk. Second install went great, but in partitioning,
setting the partition by the number of cylinders or sectors was confusing.
How many MB in a cylinder? I saw one confusing reference to number of
bytes times something gives bytes in cylinder. After that it was smooth
sailing. This time "startx" actually did something. Played my first
game of Kasteroids, cool.
Philip W. Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I suggest including ideal partition memory amounts for particular hard
drive
>spaces (560MB, 1.2GB, etc. machines) and exactly what suggested partitions
>should be allocated. To the new user, this can be a confusing ordeal if
>they are not given the option for a workstation install and have to choose
>the custom option (provided that they do not have the knowledge of how to
>format a disk for unpartitioned space).
>
>Philip
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> G'day All
>>
>> I have proposed the creation of a Linux-Mandrake User Guide to
>MandrakeSoft SA,
>> this proposal has been accepted by them.
>>
>> Quite a bit of groundwork on the project has been done by me, but because
>> of my limited knowledge of all aspects of Linux-Mandrake, I would like to
>> invite all those of you out there who feel they can contribute, to
contact
>me,
>> and book their area of expertise on the "Mandrake User Support Thingie"
>MUST by
>> adding a blank tip under the Linux Mandrake User Guide Topic at
>> http://landofoz.apana.org.au/mandrake.html. This is not a very fast link
>so be
>> patient, MUST is to be moved to a faster link in the near future.
>>
>> The idea is to provide and easy step by step guide on how to install
>Mandrake,
>> connect to the Inetnet and set up the basics such as, FTP, Web, Email,
>Smb,
>> Squid, and the like for the Frst Time and New User to Linux, all
languages
>> welcome.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Doyle
>> Adelaide, South Australia
>> http://landofoz.apana.org.au
