on Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 10:46:00PM -0400, ThinKer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > > I am in need of some Newbie help. If this is the wrong list, can > someone please tell me the correct list on which to post these > questions. (BTW - I've read the installation manual on this a couple of > times and now I am even more confused than before I read it.) > > I am currently trying to install Debian as my fourth Linux > distribution. I have used Mandrake, Redhat and SuSE in the past and I > wanted a more challengeing installation so that I might learn more about > Linux. Well, I am getting a challenge. > > Here are my system specs. > > PROC: Pentium 120 > RAM: 64 MB > > Primary IDE Master: 4.1 GB > Primary IDE Slave: 1.2 GB > Secondary IDE Slave: 4.1 GB > > Since I have no CD ROM I have downloaded the Debian disk images and made > the floppies. I have booted the system, configured the keyboard, > (whoopee!) and I am currently at the point of partitioning the hard > drives. Now, I kinda don't know what I should do for this, as there is > no option (that I can see) to says 'hey Debian, you tell me what you > think I should do with these three drives and that is what we will go > with'. In the past, RedHat, Mandrake and SuSE all made these decisions > for me. > > So I am sitting here looking at the screen (cfdisk 2.11n) and it is > asking me to select a drive to partition with the list of > > /dev/hda > /dev/hdc > and > /dev/hdd. > > How should I allocate this space? I deleted one of the drives and > selected 'NEW'. Then it asks me [Primary] [Logical] [Cancel] , so I > selected 'Primary'. Gave it the full size and now I have no idea what to > do. I am not really sure what I just did.
One big system partition is likely the simplest partitioning scheme.
"Best" depends on what your goals are. For a mix of usability,
stability, security, and recoverability, see:
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixPartitioning
Peace.
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