on Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 10:46:00PM -0400, ThinKer (thinker@thoughtprogress.com) wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am in need of some Newbie help. If this is the wrong list, can
> someone please tell me the correct list on which to post these
> questions. (BTW - I've read the installation manual on this a couple of
> times and now I am even more confused than before I read it.)
>
> I am currently trying to install Debian as my fourth Linux
> distribution. I have used Mandrake, Redhat and SuSE in the past and I
> wanted a more challengeing installation so that I might learn more about
> Linux. Well, I am getting a challenge.
>
> Here are my system specs.
>
> PROC: Pentium 120
> RAM: 64 MB
>
> Primary IDE Master: 4.1 GB
> Primary IDE Slave: 1.2 GB
> Secondary IDE Slave: 4.1 GB
>
> Since I have no CD ROM I have downloaded the Debian disk images and made
> the floppies. I have booted the system, configured the keyboard,
> (whoopee!) and I am currently at the point of partitioning the hard
> drives. Now, I kinda don't know what I should do for this, as there is
> no option (that I can see) to says 'hey Debian, you tell me what you
> think I should do with these three drives and that is what we will go
> with'. In the past, RedHat, Mandrake and SuSE all made these decisions
> for me.
>
> So I am sitting here looking at the screen (cfdisk 2.11n) and it is
> asking me to select a drive to partition with the list of
>
> /dev/hda
> /dev/hdc
> and
> /dev/hdd.
>
> How should I allocate this space? I deleted one of the drives and
> selected 'NEW'. Then it asks me [Primary] [Logical] [Cancel] , so I
> selected 'Primary'. Gave it the full size and now I have no idea what to
> do. I am not really sure what I just did.
One big system partition is likely the simplest partitioning scheme.
"Best" depends on what your goals are. For a mix of usability,
stability, security, and recoverability, see:
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixPartitioning
Peace.
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