Swap Partition/File
I've two questions tonight which seem simple but not... straight
forward.
I downloaded three ISO images and burned them to CD's.
1: I've booted from disk (CD) 1 and 2: both state they are recovery
disk/boots...
but then allow you to go into the installation applet. The only other (
very limited )
experience I have with Linux is with RH 7.x I don't recall RH
indicating the system
was booting to a recovery disk... Am I interpreting the start up
correctly? Are
both/all of these Cd's intended to allow access to a damaged system?
2: Related to #1 above: How many CD's should there be for Debian's
current
release? I have three however in reading the man (manual?) page for
cfdisk at
debian.org they reference 4 CD's. My concern is working/playing with
Debian
Linux but not being able to apply what I find in help and MAN files
properly as the
references are off in the set I obtained. That set of 3 was downloaded
from
http://www.linuxiso.org/debian.html, for the Intel 386 architecture.
3: I assume dbootstrap was started upon bootup with the CD noted above
because
the commands I am working with are not command prompt commands but echo
what
the MAN pages and installation manual show for CFDISK. I've ( many
times )
deleted and created new partitions on the 40 gig HD I have in this
system. I believe
my goal here is to create a 'kernel' partition of 5 megs, a 10 meg Swap
partition, and
whatever for general file use. I can create all of the partitions and
can make one of
them a 'swap' partition, however the .... GUI? ( Graphical interface of
dbootstrap
which uses keyboard command to negotiate through it ), after I write the
changes to
the drive, tells me I need to create a swap drive. If I try to activate
the partition I
just created and marked as a 'swap' partition the program states there
are no new
'swap' partitions on the drive.
It's late. I've spent the day giving massages and a pedicure to
Microsoft networks..
so I'm pretty sure the answer is in front of me.... However I'd prefer
not to throw
this system out the window ( the descriptions I read indicate I'll
prefer Debian over
other Distributions ). Could somebody provide a late night hint?
Thanks!
Paul
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