partitioning, dual booting(?)
I'm not all that new to the Linux thing, but I want to install Debian 2.1
onto a 2.1 gig hard drive and be able to keep my other OS (sadly, Win98)
until I can burn all my stuff to disc and convert my other HDD (8.6GB) to
ext2. In any case, I'd just like to know how I can partition it correctly
... I want to be able to use LILO through DOS to boot to Linux off the hard
drive, because on the box I've had for about a year now boots off a floppy,
which takes an unnecessarily inordinate amount of time. Should I make a
16MB partition specifically for /boot (some guy on another list said that
would work), another partition for root (what's appropriate size here, as a
partition of a 2GB HDD if I want to use the system for coding/development?),
and the rest for /usr and all the other stuff? How do you (plural) suggest
I go about doing this? Also, can I specify where I want all the parts of
the file system to rest on the drive? I can't remember from my last
installation (did a plain old vanilla stripped-server profile for my boss).
What will allow me to drop to DOS and go through lilo? I've checked the
FAQ, and I suppose what I'm looking for is something more in-depth ... I
thank you all for your time,
Michael Phillips
(I'm having troubles with it not recognizing my Rockwell HCF 56K, too, but
that's a whole other email! :o)
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