> My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I would
> like to know what the best way to bust it up for partitioning and
> mounting; IE I would like a list of partition sizes and mount points that you
> fairly efficient for a utilitarian machine. In learning Linux, I
On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote:
> I have a 20gb drive, and am already running Micro$oft Windows 98.
>
>
> Although a newbie to Linux, I know PCs very well, and have worked in the
> industry for several years.
>
>
> My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I would
Steve,
We will assume you have one physical hard drive, "/dev/hda", and that windoze is on
mounted on "/dev/hda1" (your first partition). Using the install program, disk druid,
create mount points, "/boot" for the boot records (keep this below cylinder 1024 to
play it safe, and it needs no mor
Steve,
Alas, we need to know whether the drive is set up LBA, and what boot
manager and partitioning software you propose to use. (Hopefully,
yes, Boot Magic, Partition Manager 5, respectively (g))
Steve Olson wrote:
>
> I know this will probably spark a huge debate, BUT:
>
> I have a 20gb
Easy one
/boot needs 10-15 Meg depending on how many times or how much you are going to
play with the kernel. never bigger than 20
/ or known as root I usually use 1-2 gig depending on what I want to do - this
is most of the OS
I usually also use a /usr most programs install to subdirectory
I know this will probably spark a huge debate, BUT:
I have a 20gb drive, and am already running Micro$oft Windows 98.
Although a newbie to Linux, I know PCs very well, and have worked in the industry for several years.
My question is this, I have about 6-8GB to give over to Linux, and I would
