For virtual machines, don't do any swap and only one partition. On Aug 2, 2014 5:46 PM, "Dick Steffens" <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote:
> I've downloaded slackware64-14.1-install-dvd.iso, and the md5sum matches > slackware64-14.1-install-dvd.md5. > > I've created an empty virtual box virtual machine with 1024 MB memory > and 8 GB virtual drive. > > I've pointed the virtual DVD drive to the above mentioned .iso and > started the virtual machine. > > Where can I find instructions on partitioning that virtual 8 GB? The > tutorials that I've found all tell me to partition the space for a > primary partition and a swap partition, and assume that I know how to do > that. Does anyone know where to find something that spells out what to > call that virtual drive for fdisk? Also, since the purpose of the > installation is just to get to know Slackware, what is the recommended > swap partition size? I recall something about making it some multiple of > the memory, but don't recall if that was 1:1 or something else. > > Thanks for the advice. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
