RE: [newbie] Re: Linux-Mandrake User Guide
M. Bull[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said:
Here it is from the "Install" file on the Mandrake 5.3 CD:
"your main Linux partition, which will need to be loaded on
" / " ("Mount point : / "). This will be the root directory
(" root directory "). The size of this partition will need
to be at least 300 Mb. More experienced users may load the
/usr and /home directories on supplementary partitions."
What's wrong with that? You can still break it up so it isn't
just in one large partition, it's just saying that most users
will just put linux into one drive with a / mount point, and
that should be 300 megs -- with the addition that you can put
/usr and /home on supplementary partitions. /usr is the bulk
of the size of the install
RedHat's documentation on the same CD recommends 50 to 100MB
for /. You'll get "disk full" messages if you set up a small
root.
It makes sense that the Mandrake instructions should supercede any
conflicting Red Hat instructions.
Those Red Hat 5.2 instructions didn't allow for all the KDE files being
installed into /opt/kde.
Mandrake 5.3 and Red Hat 6.0 both work fine with a single 465 MB "/"
partition. (I have 500MB extra for Linux, using 32MB for swap).
Just don't install "everything"...
Richard
Re: [newbie] Re: Linux-Mandrake User Guide
Having just installed Mandrake 5.3 myself I can confirm that suggestions on partition sizes for disks would be nice. I originally went by a manual/how-to written by someone that had a multiGB HD with plenty of space. I was installing on a 540MB HD, for Linux only, and was guessing at partition size. After the first install failed to install all of Xfree86 libs and some important KDE stuff due to space constraints I learned my lesson. I created a root partition and a swap the second time. Disk Druid only helped me to name the partition. I had to figure out fdisk, not too different from MS fdisk. Second install went great, but in partitioning, setting the partition by the number of cylinders or sectors was confusing. How many MB in a cylinder? I saw one confusing reference to number of bytes times something gives bytes in cylinder. After that it was smooth sailing.This time "startx" actually did something. Played my first game of Kasteroids, cool. Philip W. Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suggest including ideal partition memory amounts for particular hard drive spaces (560MB, 1.2GB, etc. machines) and exactly what suggested partitions should be allocated. To the new user, this can be a confusing ordeal if they are not given the option for a workstation install and have to choose the custom option (provided that they do not have the knowledge of how to format a disk for unpartitioned space). Philip - Original Message - From: Michael Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] G'day All I have proposed the creation of a Linux-Mandrake User Guide to MandrakeSoft SA, this proposal has been accepted by them. Quite a bit of groundwork on the project has been done by me, but because of my limited knowledge of all aspects of Linux-Mandrake, I would like to invite all those of you out there who feel they can contribute, to contact me, and book their area of expertise on the "Mandrake User Support Thingie" MUST by adding a blank tip under the Linux Mandrake User Guide Topic at http://landofoz.apana.org.au/mandrake.html. This is not a very fast link so be patient, MUST is to be moved to a faster link in the near future. The idea is to provide and easy step by step guide on how to install Mandrake, connect to the Inetnet and set up the basics such as, FTP, Web, Email, Smb, Squid, and the like for the Frst Time and New User to Linux, all languages welcome. -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia http://landofoz.apana.org.au
Re: [newbie] Re: Linux-Mandrake User Guide
Lorne Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip snip Another thing - if Mandrake is 100% compatible with RedHat and KDE as they claim, why is upgrading to KDE 1.1.1 so hard? KDE's install script doesn't work. That's not compatibility! Lorne. I believe there was a post from someone at Mandrake here a couple of days ago that explained this to us. He said that the Redhat RPMs install to a different directory than where Mandrake put them in their release. Previously Redhat did not install KDE at all, but Mandrake did so as a default. On an upgrade you could install KDE where the RPM puts it and then create a symlink from there to the old location. You could also obtain the source from KDE direct and place them in the current file location then do your install (likely you will have to compile). The Mandrake ver. 6.0 is supposed to take all this into account and put stuff where Redhat does to remain compatible. If you go to Mandrake 6.0 most likely you will have to do a full reinstall if your not sure what your doing. Me, I'm sticking with the default install of 5.3 for a while till I get the hang of things or run into a major problem. This is all a learning experience for me as I had little exposure to Unix in college. Only a few programming classes. Rip "A mind is a terrible thing."
