Re: [aclug-L] New Installation

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

These partitions can also be on separate drives, if you want to try a
distribution without trashing you current root partition.  Set up a
different drive to be root and use /swap and /home on your original
drive. Set the new / partition to be bootable and either set your bios
to boot that drive or use a boot floopy.


On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Michael Holmes wrote:

> Dariush Zahedi wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Red Hat 5.1 which I want to install on my NT system. I have an
> > unused partition D: of 3.1 GB which I can utilize for this. I've gone thru
> > the guide but it is very confusing. Do I have to make seperate partitions
> > for all the components or just two, for swap and the rest? In case of
> > seperate partitions how should I divide the space? What you would have done
> > based on your experience? Can someone tell me a step by step procedure? My
> > system configuration is PII 350MHz, 64MB, 6.2GB IDE.
> >
> > Thanks
> > DZ
> > Please only use this address <zahedi@xxxxxxx>
> 
> The books says you should make a /swap (type 83) equal to your ram (if you
> have the hard drive space---which  you do many times over)
> You got to have a  ' / '    directory
> It is also nice to have a separate  '/home' directory.  [this way if you screw
> up the install, you can re-install and not format the /home and it will be
> there just like you left it; after you re-install{this I really know about, as
> I have been playing, and have blown the install several times!!}]
> 
> My suggestion would be:
>     type 83  /swap   64 meg
>     type 82 /             1500 meg
>     type 82 /home    1600 meg (or what ever is left over)
> 
> You can get fancy and start naming stuff, but the book says you can get away
> with  '/swap'  &  '/ '  and the computer will do the rest.  But in that case,
> all of the data in /home will get trashed also, because which ever device  '/'
> is in the /home directory will be part of it.
> 
> ps.  it will be a whole lot easier to use the 'disk druid' opposed to 'fdisk'
> fdisk has more horse power, but is very awkward and unfriendly to use.
> 
> mike
> 
>