> Yes, sorry... I meant my Swap to be 2x my RAM so I would go for a Swap > partition of about 130 MB or so.
That's fine. > Is Root where the actual OS is > installed... The System Files, etc.? No, there are only directories in the root directory, and /root is basically the home directory of the root user. The OS, well, let's say the kernel, is located in /boot, and the rest of the configuration files, libraries, etc. are scattered in various other places. > Lastly, is the Home partition for all Programs one wants to load? Typically, no. Home is just for personal data (letters, spreadsheets, etc.) and configuration files (KDE, Gnome, X apps, etc.). You could run smaller apps from your home directory. I, for instance, run the AudioGalaxy client from my home directory. But as a rule, apps go somewhere under /usr. > With a > Swap partition of 130 MB and Root of 1 GB, that only leaves me about 900 > MB for a Home partition. Does that sound about right? And again, will > DiskDrake allow me to create those partitions or will I have to purchase > Partition Magic? With a 2GB drive, I think Tom Brinkman's strategy is the best. Just make a swap partition (130MB is fine), and make the rest a single partition mounted at /. You'll save yourself a lot of space headaches. DiskDrake will do it. Don't both with PM. I've used version 7 (the latest), and it's caused great headaches for me. Plus, PM doesn't make ReiserFS partitions, which you'll probably want to use instead of Ext2. > Sorry to be so persistent, but having never run or installed Linux, this > all seems rather foreign to me although I've been a Win32 User for years. No apology necessary. Miark
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