Re: Disk partiotioning advice

1999-11-10 Thread Micha Feigin
Running windows and linux dually, is quite easy, you can just use lilo as a boot loader and run windows from it or loadlin and use windows as a boot loader (or whatever it does which looks like a boot loader). Mounting windows partitions from linux is also posible with mount, although I am not shu

Re: Disk partiotioning advice

1999-11-10 Thread Paolo Pedaletti
Ciao Micha Feigin, > I am looking for advice on how to best partition the disk to allow for > flexability when I need to change configurations/add programs. /smallest as possible (100 : 200 Mb) ** /usr at least 1 Gb (better 2Gb) /usr/local local program and data (it depend

Re: Disk partiotioning advice

1999-11-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, aphro wrote: [ snip ] : michf >If not, how do I mount a windows partiton with write permision to regular : michf >users? (or a specific user), and is it posible to use a windows partition : michf >as the home directory for a user? : : you can, but i dont reccomend it.

Re: Disk partiotioning advice

1999-11-09 Thread aphro
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Micha Feigin wrote: michf >i was wondering whats the larjest partition size that linux can deel with michf >(and if there is still limitation on the size of the root (boot) partition slink is easily able to handle a 9gig drive, i recently installed it on a 10.1gig ibm drive a

Disk partiotioning advice

1999-11-09 Thread Micha Feigin
I am about to recive a new computer with a 9 Gb disk. i was wondering whats the larjest partition size that linux can deel with (and if there is still limitation on the size of the root (boot) partition (I know that there was a 1 Gb limitation) Also I need about hals the disk for windows (regratabl