Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: # What's a "typical" partition table look like for a Debian box? # # I thought that the minimum would be: # # /boot around 100-200 mb # swap around 1-2x RAM (in this case, 2 gig) # / everything else...
This is typical, but not the minimum requirement. All you really need is swap and /. /boot can simply be a directory on the / partition if it doesn't have its own partition. The system will still run that way, which is, I guess why Debian sets it up that way automatically. <SNIP> # The problem that I'm trying to track down is with the Beta 4 Debian # Installer and it appears that it DOESN'T create the /boot partition when # you let it partition automatically..... # # Instead, it creates just: # # swap around 1-2x RAM (in this case, 2 gig) # / everything else... # # Notice no /boot partition at all.... so where would Grub and the kernel be? This is fine. The kernel and GRUB don't have to live on their own partition. I just put Debian on my new laptop, and it partitioned my disk the same way, because I just didn't feel like fooling with all those partitions yesterday. It is working flawlessly today, and I don't have to worry about outgrowing any of my partitions, although I was a little partial to /boot having /dev/hda1 as well. PRINCE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
