Re: [aclug-L] New Installation

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have had salvaged drives that cfdisk wouldn't touch and fdisk
partitioned and setup without hesitation.

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, phrostie wrote:

> what he said!
> 
> but i like cfdisk (personal opinion)
> 
> 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
> 
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