First attempt
I deleted the partion but my problem is I can't make more than that one
partion. When
I try to change the FS Type I can't do that either. I may be wrong but
it seems my
keyboard is screwed up. For example when I try to make the first
primary partion and
it has a space to change the number of MB for that partion (the cursor
is under the 6
of 6149.89) and I press "5" I am kicked out to a menu about "Changing
the geometry,"
If I press the number "6" I end up at [logical] and so on. My numbers
lock light is
not on when I am trying to load Debian. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kent
Andrew Ivanov wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:
>
> > followed the instructions in the book. I select [New] and [Primary]
> > then I can't change the size of the partion, it lets me make a
6149.89
> > MB partion but then can't go on to make a swap partion. The 6149.89
MB
> > is my whole HD so maybe that is why I can't make another. At any
rate I
>
> Anyway, you can choose [Delete] and delete your current partition, so
you
> have extra space. Just make sure you don't Delete any files on HD that
you
> might need later.
>
> >
> > #2. While I'm at it. I have a blank 6.4 gigabyte 2nd IDE HD that I
am
> > trying to install Debian on. Most of the literature I have read
talks
> > about partioning in limited space. I was thinking I could make the
1st
> > partion (root) 1000 MB and the swap 100 MB, I have 64 MB Ram. Does
this
> > sound reasonable? Will that make the rest of the HD dead space?
> > Thanks,
> > Kent
>
> No. What HOWTOs talk about is having the boot sector within first
504Mb of
> the drive. That has nothing to do with you.
> What you want to do is make
> 200Mb / (root) partition.
> 64Mb Swap
> Allocate the rest as you wish.
> You can make it /usr
> For the reason of that vast majority of packages gets installed into
> /usr partition.
> So make it as big as you want.
>
> HTH,
> Andrew
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