On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 11:04:29PM -0800, Baz wrote: > Hello. This is really basic in regard to all the other mail I've seen so far > here - but, here goes... > > New to Debian. Trying to install Sarge from DVD on my Thinkpad > (Z60t). At the partitioning prompt - only two options: completely > overwrite the HD (guided?) or manual configuration. According to > Martin Krafft's The Debian System, I should be seeing a "write to > free space" option, but I don't. I tried it again with the most > recent kernel - and, then received a warning indicating it couldn't > even detect partitionable media. I'm not experienced enough to > attempt a manual configuration. Any constructive advice would be > appreciated. Thanks... > Hi Sebastian, What you are seeing is the Debian installer, the modular front end to installing a Debian system. It has 2 frontends: a ncurses version and a newer gtk version. The main thing would be: what are your intentions? Do you want to keep a partition (like a windows install or other linux installations) or do you want to delete the harddrive and create a new install? And how much HD space is available? How many partitions are there and what are their sizes? If you want to make it a linux-only machine, wheres not much you can do to make a mistake as you can redo it. But if there is something that you want to save then your best bet is to backup any data file first and have your windows disk handy in case. The easiest option is to go for the basic 2 partition setup: one for root (/) and one for swap. If you have less than 1 GB ram, then let the swap be 2xram size and the rest be root. Any more details about what you want will help us give you suggestion. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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