-----Original Message-----
From: Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, August 31, 2000 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: setting partitions
>On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Jim Travnick wrote:
>
>> How do I set my partitions where I want them? I am using Disk Druid and
it
>> keeps putting my / as hda6 the only way I can get it to hda1 is to not
put
>> in /boot. This is how it is setting it
>>
>> Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type
>> /Boot hda1 7930m 7930m Linux Native
>> <Swap> hda5 54m 54m Linux swap
>> / hda6 23m 23m Linux
>> Native
>>
>>
>> I dont understand why it wont put / as hda1 or does it not matter? or am
I
>> doing something wrong? Any help would be appreciated as it seems like I
am
>> the only one in this town trying to use Linux.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>If you want to have partations where you want them, you have to use fdisk
>instead of disk druid. (But Linux will work with the crazy way disk druid
>sets things up...) Why it insists on putting everything except /boot on a
>logical partation is beyond me.
>
>Mikkel
Im looking at what Ive wrote and i get this funny feeling i have "/" and
"/boot" mixed up which I think would solve my problem lest thats what I
think am i right? Should "/boot be the partition for booting Linux? and "/"
where the system goes? Like i said earlyer Im still trying to learn this.
Thanks
Jim
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