On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:03:16 -0700, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded the iso's (md9.1) but each one said it stalled instead of > finished (I used Konquerer). However, the size of each file was > correct and it seemed to burn ok (I can read each disk in Konquerer). > Is it safe?
Compare the md5sums for the iso's official ones. If they match, the two are the same bit-for-bit. There's a cleverer way, but I just run "md5sum <name>.iso and visually compare the output with the one on the web page. > For a home desktop computer, what is the harm in one partition verses > 3 (/, usr, home)? I set this up several months ago and left part of my > drive open for a Win partition. I do not want to do that now (which is > one of the reasons why I just want to redo the whole thing). I want to > devote the entire 60gigs to Linux. I don't need to boot into multiple > flavors either (Mandrake is just fine). One partition is reasonable for a home user, but if you want to re-install, having /home on a separate partition makes life much easier. Perhaps just do / and /home? Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose"
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