Re: Paritioning Issue
Kev -
Thanks for the reply.
Basically, I'd like to keep XP until I can learn more about Debian - and, especially get WLAN up and running, then I won't have an issue installing over the entire HD. To answer your questions: I have about 40
GB available in two factory set partitions.
What's the risk factor in destroying data if I manually configure the new partitions?
Regards,
Sebastian
On 11/20/06, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote:
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
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