on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:17:13PM +0100, Arnout Engelen (arnouten@sci.kun.nl) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm getting a new harddisk for my laptop soon, and I'd like to try > installing Debian on reiserfs on it. I was thinking of doing it like > this: > > - install debian on 'spare' partition (by CD's) > - compile kernel 2.2.17 > - get pcmcia/airo drivers from floppy and install > - download 2.4.2 kernel source, compile it > - boot 2.4.2 kernel > - download and compile reiserfs helper applications > - make a reiserfs partition > - make a copy of the 'spare' partition on the reiserfs disk > - change /etc/fstab on the reiserfs disk > - boot 2.4.2 kernel from the reiserfs disk > - edit sources.list to include testing > - apt-get update and dist-upgrade > - apt-get x,wdm and stuff > - get XF86Config-4 from disk > - hope everything now works well :) > > Does this make sense? Looks about right. Try it. > Also, the disk is 20G. I reserve 3G for windows, a bit for swap, > leaving some 17G for linux. What is the best way to partition it? > 7 gig for Linux and 2x5 gig for games and big stuff to mount on > /mnt or so? With a somewhat different focus, my recommendations are at http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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