i think mandrake can't do autoallocate with such small drive space. i would almost recomend just 2 partitions with so little drive space, just cause u can't afford a lot of free space on / ot /home......
On Friday 16 November 2001 4:54 pm, you wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nick Andriash wrote: > > I am about to embark on my Linux journey using Mandrake 8.1 but before I > > start I have a questions about partitioning my HDD. I only have a P166, > > 64 MB RAM and a 2.1 GB HDD. Now I understand that I should have a number > > of partitions, namely: > > > > Root > > Sway (about twice my RAM therefore 128 MB) > > Thats actually called Swap > > > Data (presumably a number of data partitions) > > Generally, if you just had three partitions, it would be root swap home... > > > My question is, will the install routine of Mandrake 8.1 do the > > partitioning for me, or do I have to purchase Partition Magic to do it > > for me? > > No, DiskDrake will cut it up for you just fine, and you can either have it > auto allocate the space, or you can tell it exaclty how much you want in > each partition. It's very well laid out, and fairly self explanatory. > > Good luck! > > > > > > peace, > > Rog
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