Re: How to install ?
Touhid Ghasemi wrote:
Hello
I want to join to Linux Users , now i'm using MS-Win XP Home , but i
want to install Debian on my computer, i'v downloaded all of 7 CD Images
from FTP site and already have em on CD.
problem is here that , i want to keep my windows xp and use linux behind
my windows without loosing anything, i have just one partition that's C
and the capacity of drive is 60GB that 25 GB is free.
now i dont know how to create new partition than linux can install
itself. which type of partition i need to create?
please help me how i can install debian in this situation.
With the best regards.
T.Gh
This instruction manual should cover most of your questions.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install
Basically, boot off the CD; about the second step or so will be to
partition your disk; leave /dev/hda1 alone as that's your Windows
partition; delete /dev/hda2 (which should be your 25GB partition)[1],
and then use that blank space to create new partitions, something like:
/dev/hda1 ntfs primary
/dev/hda2 ext2 primary for / about 500MB
/dev/hda5 ext2 logical for /usr about 6GB
/dev/hda6 ext2 logical for /var about 1GB
/dev/hda7 ext2 logical for /home about 20GB
/dev/hda8 ext2 logical for /tmp about 100MB
/dev/hda9 ext2 logical for /spare whatever's left over minus
the amount of RAM you have
/dev/hda10 ext2 primary for swap about the amount of RAM you
have, or even double or triple that
Mind you, these are not absolutes; they're just what I would do, and
it's quite religious; every one has their own favorite schemes for
partitioning. If you wanted, you could just have one huge 24GB /
partition and a 1GB swap partition. It also depends on what you plan to
do with your box. Just google for "linux partition scheme" and I'm sure
you'll find all sorts of opinions and rationales for lots of different
schemes.
[1]
I just now re-read your posting, and I think I misunderstood what you
said. I first understood you to say you had a 60GB partition and 25GB
partition. Rereading it, I think you're saying you have one 60GB
partition, of which 25GB is free space as reported by Windows. In this
case, ignore what I wrote above, and read an earlier posting today about
"Problems partitioning an XP disk"; the short answer is that you'll
probably have to backup Windows, repartition/reformat the drive, restore
Windows, then install Debian. Nasty, I know.
--
Kent
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