Hi Derek, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 9:33:47 PM, you wrote:
<trimmed> DJ> You have masses of space for your Linux partitions. It does not DJ> really matter how you partition it up. Just make sure you have a DJ> separate /home partition. That is where your user data goes. So DJ> if you ever reinstall you can preserve it. The Mandrake installer DJ> will suggest partiton sizes for you. You might as well just stick DJ> with that. I do have masses of space (I didn't even mention the scsi subsystem <g>), but a lot of it is currently spoken for. If I understand the install docs correctly, the Mandrake installer will only suggest partition sizes if I let it take over the whole drive. Is that correct? If so, I'll need to define my partition sizes myself, 'cause I can't just let 'er rip and overwrite. DJ> The default file system is Ext3 other choices are Reiserfs, XFS, DJ> and JFS, but to be honest as a newbie you will not notice the DJ> difference between any of them so leave as default. I guess the question I should have asked there is, "Are any of these file systems better in terms of reliability -- as regards data integrity?" The one that has the least chance of data corruption is the one I want to use. That might mean an older, "more stable" or "more tested" file system, even if it's a bit slower. I know pretty close to zero about the differences right now. DJ> The default Linux kernel will not address 1GB of RAM you will DJ> only use 700 odd MB. There is an 'Enterprise' kernel on the CD DJ> which will address the 1GB, but the extra instructions needed to DJ> use the high memory actually makes it run slower than the DJ> standard kernel. So I would not worry about it. Linux will run DJ> much faster than Windows even with less memory. Fair enough. Swap partition size? (out of the ~35 GB) DJ> It is actually quite safe to let Linux overwrite your MBR You DJ> would get a nice graphical screen to select which OS you want to DJ> run. Most of us here do that. But if you would rather boot from DJ> floppy thats your choice. It all works ;-) The key for me would be the ease or difficulty of getting the MBR back to its original state if I decide to flee back into the smothering embrace of Redmond. <g> Seriously though, I just need to make very sure I can get into XP when I need to. Until such time as I might decide to make a complete migration, I'd have real need to get into XP on demand. DJ> Have fun. Thanks. One more question comes to mind. I'm on 100 MB/second glass, and my wife and I share the connection through a router. The install routine will figure out how to get me connected? Thanks again. Lance
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