On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Jack Falstaff wrote: > > I'm new to debian, but not linux. I've installed and ran RH, SuSE and > Slackware(ran this one for five years) and I will need some hand holding > with this distribution. Installation is turning out to be a nightmare. For > the last attempt I defined a partition scheme as follows:
FYI: on my system [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ sudo du -sh lib boot etc tmp var Password: 164M lib 21M boot 42M etc 52K tmp 2.6G var > / 100M this may be too small considering you have /etc and /lib here > /swap 512M > /boot 15M Hmmm... with few kernels this may be too small... > /usr 5G > /usr/local 5G Do you intsall non-debian program for local use? > /var 7G Wow, are you serving as a mail host? > /tmp 100M this may be too small for some program > /home The remaining part of a 30G drive, approx 12G > Any suggestions? If you are new to debian, keep it simple. In stall into single partition. get used to it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
