RE: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-09 Thread Michael Viron
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Kaplan Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD I suggest increasing / to 10-15Mb, then putting everything but /home there. I find this

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 11:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Citát Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 04:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703918080 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 160

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread stefan
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. Best regards, Stefan Citát Hoyt Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tuesday 05 October 2004 03:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to install the 10.1 release of Mandrake on my new > > notebook. I would like to partition my HD

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 03:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to install the 10.1 release of Mandrake on my new > notebook. I would like to partition my HD so I will not have to > format partition with my data each time I try to fully reinstall > linux distribution. > > My quest

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread John Layt
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 18:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to install the 10.1 release of Mandrake on my new notebook. I > would like to partition my HD so I will not have to format partition with > my data each time I try to fully reinstall linux distribution. > > My question is, ho

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 04:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would like to install the 10.1 release of Mandrake on my new notebook. I > would like to partition my HD so I will not have to format partition with > my data each time I try to fully reinstall linux distribution. > > My question is, h

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Kaplan
I suggest increasing / to 10-15Mb, then putting everything but /home there. I find this leaves me plenty of room to modify an installed system. If you need more space for personal files, you can always add an external drive. Keeping /home separate allows you to destroy / and leave your persona

Re: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-05 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 04:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to install the 10.1 release of Mandrake on my new notebook. I would > like to partition my HD so I will not have to format partition with my data > each time I try to fully reinstall linux distribution. > > My question i