In general, Linux requires two partitions: one for / and one for swap. I've heard that if you have enough RAM you can do without a swap, but I don't know if that's true. Anyone ever done that? Further, most people install with 3 or more partitions. Mine right now has /, swap, /usr and /home all on their own partitions. PartitionMagic 7.0 is a wonderful thing. You can add, delete and resize partitions without losing data. It's incredibly slow and inefficient, though, (mine took 8.5 hours to repartition a 40 gig drive that was about 75% full) so beware. But in the end, it worked and it worked flawlessly, with no data loss or any problems. --jim On Mon, 27 May 2002, Dwight Hines wrote: > I've just subscribed and will only be able to work on the linux on my > powerbook G3 firewire after hours and on weekends. I have not yet installed > or obtained the software. My plan is to read the digests for a while and > then when I have some time go for the installation. > > First question: I have a 6 gig disk internal and it is already partitioned. > Can I just clean one of those partitions and install linux on it so it is > not necessary to blow away the whole disk and all my wonderful contents? > > Thank you in advance, > dh > > > ~ Love her as I loved her, and there will be joy. ~ King Humperdink
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