Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

[MaD dUCK <madduck@madduck.net>]

what is the machine going to serve?

 - pop3?              i'd assume no
 - smtp                          yes
 - proxy services?               yes
 - NAT?                          yes
 - DNS?                          no
 - DHCP?                         no
 - firewall                      no

> I would like advice about partitioning.

with 42Gb, you will be safe as follows:

hda1   /boot    16M
hda2   <swap>   your RAM size
hda5   /        500M
hda6   /usr     10G
hda7   /home    29G
hda8   /var     1G
hda9   /tmp     1G

> I would like advice about keeping W95.

no! why?

> I would like advice about which kernel to use.

2.4.2 works fine for me. especially the netfiltering is spiffy.

> Any other thoughts, ideas, hints, suggestions, etc.

we're envious. even installing debian is fun!

martin

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