Re: Debian installation
On (22/05/03 00:08), Chris Short wrote:
> Cool thanks I will try that.
>
> How do I label the various partitions BEFORSE I start ?
>
You can either create the partitions during the install (there is an
option to partition a hard disk during installation) or you can
partition beforehand and then name the partitions when you initialise
them as part of the install. You are given menu options for swap, / ,
/usr, /var but you need to type in /tmp after selecting "other" when
prompted.
Regards
Clive
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clive Menzies [mailto:clive@clivemenzies.co.uk]
> Sent: 21 May 2003 23:49
> To: Chris Short
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi Chris
>
> On (21/05/03 22:15), Chris Short wrote:
> > From: "Chris Short" <cshort@blueyonder.co.uk>
> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Subject: Debian installation
> > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 22:15:03 +0100
> >
> > I just wanted a nice simple, stable Linux and plopped for Debian after the
> > reviews I read.
> >
> > No fancy front end installing - that's cool.
> >
> > Problem is I have a VERY basic install - using CD disk 1.
> >
> > However when I try to install ANY extra packages with the standard
> > base-config, I always get out of space message.
> >
> > Any hints would be great.
> >
> > I have partitioned the drive as
> > 100mb for multiboot
> > 9gig for main
> > 1gig for swap
> >
> > Thanks for any help
>
> Try something like
>
> / 100Mb
> swap (size of your ram)
> swap (size of your ram)
> /usr 1Gb (where program files reside)
> /var 300Mb
> /tmp 300Mb
> /home the rest (where user files reside)
>
> Here's my file setup for a desktop machine running KDE (I've got one
> swap file 384Mb but I read somewhere that two can improve response -
> I've used two on lower spec machinery). If you're multibooting on a PC
> you might want to look at GRub (Yaboot for Macs)
>
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda11 97M 62M 30M 67% /
> /dev/hda13 1.4G 937M 464M 67% /usr
> /dev/hda14 484M 72M 387M 16% /var
> /dev/hda15 484M 468k 458M 1% /tmp
> /dev/hda16 11G 120M 10G 2% /home
>
> HTH
>
> Clive
>
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