On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 05:33:01PM -0500, Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: > Hi, > I read your FAQ and so I was wondering if you (or anyone elae out > there) could help me: > I have 2 disks: > 1) 116 MB 8 heads, 762 cylinders, 39 sectors per track > 2) 258MB 14 heads, 944 cylinders, 40 sectors per track > > 16MB of RAM > Debian Linux version 2 is the only operating system I plan to install. > I want to use my PC solely for dialing into my university (ISP) and > working from there. > I also want to have the minimal X11 system. > I want to install an Internet browser and maybe a few games. > I will be the sole user. > It's a 486SX processor. > > This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: > / hda1 40MB > swap hda2 8MB > /usr hda3 68MB > swap hdb1 8MB > /usr hdb2 250MB > > where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. > Will the above configuration work..and can I split /usr across 2 > partitions or will X complain?
You cannot mount two partitions to the same mount point. I'd recommend something like: / hda1 86 MB swap hda2 32 MB /usr hdb1 258 MB Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
