I'd like to know where to get a base, self explainatory, do-it-all-at-once
XWindows installation too. Right now I only have the base zsh and
virtual-console interface going, but I kinda want to install X as well...
As for the partition problem, I'm not sure if you really need a swap file
at all. I am running Debian 1.2 on my P166 w/ 64M RAM without a swap file
at all. I just have one 400meg partition. I've had the system up for
about 40 hours now, doing various things on it, and here's my memory
stats:
[9:10:02]/root# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 63100 27516 35584 4480 19060 4668
-/+ buffers: 3788 59312
Swap: 0 0 0
[9:10:03]/root#
So if you're not planning on being a network server or anything, I don't
think having a swap file would be that necessary. However, if you still
want one, doesn't a more recent version of DOS FDISK (e.g. Win95) allow
more than 2 "logical drives"? I thought it would let you just delete your
E: and make a new E: and F: drives. (Man, grammar with drive letters is
though stuff!) And if it doesn't, I'm not sure if linux fdisk will or
not. In either case, deleting E: shouldn't have an effect on C: or D:.
It's just a question of how many "logical drives" will the programs allow
you to have. You might also want to check out a program called "Partition
Magic" - it's a retail DOS program that allows you to resize partitions,
change drive letters, clone partitions, and even change the FATs, from
FAT to FAT32 for example. It also supports Ext2, OS/2, and HPFS systems.
... Oh, and I fear for the people who have to read this, because the
lines were too long on my screen BEFORE I quoted (and were being wrapped)
- now they have a "> " in front of them - I'm curious to know what kind of
mess it'll make :)
On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Paulo Gustavo Raymundo Silva wrote:
> Hi . . .
>
>
> I'm potential Debian GNU/Linux user and I have some questions no covered
> by this FAQ.
> I would like to get some information about where I could find the XWIndows
> files for the newest
> version of the Debian linux (probably X11 R6.3) in the deselect .deb
> distribuition pack.
> Following the Debian GNU/Linux instructions I just got to generate the 6
> instalations
> disks with the Kernel and the Base .deb Pack. I looked for the X11 in the
> debian.org ftp
> site and didn't had sucess to find the X11 .deb pack, I just encoutered
> several programs
> and utilities (e.g. FVWM, OLWM, Xclock, ...).
>
>
>
> I also have a doubt about the instalation process. My PC is Pentium 100
> MHz / 32 MB /
> HD 2.1 Gb with a 504 Mb WIN95 active(bootable) primary partition and a
> extended partition
> with two DOS logical drives (D: with 1.0 Gb and E: with 504 Mb). The logical
> partition E:
> was created to be used with Linux, and C: & D: will continue to be used with
> WIN95 (I expect
> that Debian Linux will instal any kind of Master Boot Record program loadable
> at startup that
> will ask what Operating System (WIN95 or Linux) will be loaded).However, the
> instalation
> instructions say that linux requires two partitions: a 16-128 Mb swapp file
> partition and
> the real linux self partition, both marked in partition table as UNIX
> partitions. These
> instructions also say that the instalation program will ask if there are two
> partitions like
> those at the HD and iff the answer is NO the linux partition program (like
> DOS FDISK) will
> create them. I would like to know if is possible to transform the second DOS
> logical drive
> at the extended partition (E: 504Mb) in two new UNIX logical drives (e.g. 64
> Mb & 440 Mb) at
> the same extended partition where previously there was a logial DOS drive (D:
> 1 Gb), at the
> same Western Digital EIDE HD with a previously defined DOS primary partition
> (C: 504 MB)
> with no data loss.If your answer is No, where can I encouter a DOS based
> program that
> modifies the partition table with no data loss at the partitons not modified
> (I my case,
> is necessary to delete drive E:, create two new Unix logical drives in this
> region and
> to keep unchanged The C: and D: partition information and disk structure).
>
>
>
>
> Thank's in advance by these informations . . .
>
>
> Paulo Gustavo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
