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Subject: [linux-help] Potato install
From: Nathan <ncozzens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 22:01:19 -0500
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I've been messing around with installing Potato.  A few questions...

Partitioning:
If I don't choose a mount point for some of the partitions I've initialized, will they get used for anything?
One of the suggested mount points is /boot.  How will this get used?  Is it 
worth having?  Should I just stick with /?
I'm using two 545MB drives on my 486.  I want to keep my partitioning 
scheme as simple as possible.  The intended purpose for this machine will 
be FILE SERVER.  I'd like to install Samba and give my Windows box a place 
to automatically backup certain directories.  I'm assuming this data would 
be put in /var....correct?


Choosing Packages:
I've installed Potato twice on this 486. (I actually got the NFS install to work using my Win95 NFS server!) On both installs, I ran into the same problem. Due to a lack of understanding the key mapping, I accidentally exited the package selection program before I was ready. The first time, I ended up with zero packages. The second time, I ended up with only a few. How can I get back into the package selection program without starting the installation over from scratch?
Nathan

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