Re: debian install and multiple partitions

1999-12-25 Thread Lyno Sullivan
At 11:19 PM 12/24/99 -0700, Howard Mann wrote: >Matt Garman wrote: >> Now I want to split up Linux into many partitions,... >I used cfdisk... Here are some things I remember. You will need to figure out beforehand if you want to leave room for more than one operating system on your disk.  IMHO,

Re: debian install and multiple partitions

1999-12-25 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Howard Mann wrote: > Matt Garman wrote: > > Now I want to split up Linux into many partitions, i.e. put /usr/ on one > > partition, /home/ on another, etc. I want to do this for ease of > > backups and some security benefits. > > I did this successfully. I used cfdisk and spe

Re: debian install and multiple partitions

1999-12-25 Thread Howard Mann
Matt Garman wrote: > > Hello: > > It's been quite a while since I've installed Debian. Last time I did an > install, it was by putting the whole system on one partition. > > Now I want to split up Linux into many partitions, i.e. put /usr/ on one > partition, /home/ on another, etc. I want to

debian install and multiple partitions

1999-12-25 Thread Matt Garman
Hello: It's been quite a while since I've installed Debian. Last time I did an install, it was by putting the whole system on one partition. Now I want to split up Linux into many partitions, i.e. put /usr/ on one partition, /home/ on another, etc. I want to do this for ease of backups and som