Hello All,
I would like your help, one and all, with the following so that I can
have full enjoyment of my newly installed Mandrake 7. I am just
really in amazement about Linux, and have come to really think it is
the best thing going. I also think this distro is outstanding, KDE
graphics looks better than the Mac, and it seems to run very solid.
hda is assigned to windoz 2000 under Fat 32 (yes I forgot about NTFS,
and made the error of trying to install LILO once by trying to install
under BMR which was NTFS - it will not work, causing a complete
reinstall of W2K) So, Fat 32 it is for now. BIG drawback on W2K.
hdb (my slave drive) is assigned all to Mandrake. I did the standard
install without changing anything. LILO works fine in MBR. All is
well. Now, I want to install more Apps that I use, such as
WordPerfect or Applexware, etc. - most anything I can get my hands on!
However, the way the default installer laid out my HD, by partition, I
seem to have very little room left in one partition. My partitions on
hdb are as follows:
/dev/hdb1 7.6 MB total 6 MB free (80%)
/dev/hdb5 1474.6 MB Total 455.6 MB free (30%)
/dev/hdb7 7790.5 MB Total and 7381 MB (94%) free
It seems (I think) that Mandrake installed all the initial Apps in
hdb5, so when I install the new Apps as above, or any large programs
(StarOffice or Applex) how do I install them using RPM Drake to hdb7,
where I have the most free disk space? Most of my free space is
there.
Would it be easier just to give more disk space to hdb5 by using,
let's say, Partition Magic and expanding that partition to the largest
one?
Help would be appreciated.
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Best regards,
Gary mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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