Re: [newbie] Partitions in Linux

1999-08-26 Thread Jason Peterson
Thanks. I've really never thought of a seperate boot partition, but that can make life alot easier. How big should a boot partition be? I'm assuming 100 megs will be enough, but if not could someone let me know. On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: Petey wrote: I've got a quick question I

Re: [newbie] Partitions in Linux

1999-08-26 Thread Manny Styles
- Original Message - From: Jason Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitions in Linux Thanks. I've really never thought of a seperate boot partition, but that can make life alot easier. How big should

Re: [newbie] Partitions in Linux

1999-08-26 Thread Steve Philp
Manny Styles wrote: - Original Message - From: Jason Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitions in Linux Thanks. I've really never thought of a seperate boot partition, but that can make life

RE: [newbie] Partitions in Linux

1999-08-25 Thread Aaron W.
On a PC with and Intel/Intel clone chip you can have 4 real partitions. With that said, you are not limited to 4 partitions. You can also have 3 partitions and one extended partition. The extended partition is used to set up logical partitions(or logical drives if you are coming from the