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Partitioning--Advice?



I'm going to be installing Debian on a 1GB internal SCSI drive, and I'd like some advice on partitioning. I have a version of drive setup that can make A/UX partitions, or I can boot into the setup from BootX and use the partitioner there. I know I need a swap partition (~64MB, right, since I have 64MB of RAM?) and at least one "linux native" partition, but I understand it's better to have separate partitions for some, if not all, of the root directories (/home, /var, /etc, etc.), so I'd like advice on how much space to give each partition. Also, using the partition tool from the rescue disk, do I need to use the "C" command or the "c" command to make the partitions? If "C", what type do I specify? I tried "Linux_Swap", and the installer doesn't recognize it. I tried "Linux Swap" and got an error. BTW, I'm not going to be using this installation for anything fancy, like a big server or a firewall, it's just sort of for messing around and learning linux. Thanx!
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