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I pass on Paul's post. With a 13.5GB drive, you
have to be sure you've correctly addressed the large disk issues discuss
there
I particularly found Andries Brouwer discussion (http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/Large-Disk.html
invaluable
David
davidt >From: paul <paul@cvanet.com>
davidt >To: davidturetsky <davidturetsky@email.msn.com> davidt >Cc: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> davidt >Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:42 AM davidt >Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II davidt > davidt > davidt >> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky <davidturetsky@email.msn.com> wrote: davidt >> > davidt >> > >I followed Joe's recommendation and partitioned my 32gb IBM hard drive davidt >as davidt >> > >follows: davidt >> > > c: 6,997.0 mb davidt >> > > / 39.2 mb davidt >> > > swap 258.8 mb davidt >> > > /usr 5,004.6 mb davidt >> > > e: 20,332.2 mb davidt >> > davidt >> > Is this a typo or are you trying to reserve 39.2 megs for the root davidt >> > system? Keep in mind that this partition will contain everything below davidt >> > / except /usr, so this setup would be unusable. davidt >> > davidt >> I would reccomend you to read the Large Disk HowTo available from: davidt >> http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html davidt >> and the Linux Partition HowTo available from: davidt >> http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Partition.html davidt >> davidt >> These documents together should cover most of what is needed to make a davidt >custom davidt >> partitioning strategy that will cover your needs.
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