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[Sleeping Dog]

OK  New thread....Shall we continue?

5 Meg boot partition and a 96-128 Meg Swap partition?

SD

[voidmain]

On a drive that small you have no need for a "/boot" partition.  And I would not go lower than 128MB swap as the first partition on the drive.

[creedon]

I agreed with voidmain before and asked what file system and kernel you opted for; my reccomendation was ext2 for the F/S, and the 2.2.xx kernel; you can upgrade the kernel with apt-get.

[Sleeping Dog]

We are on the front end of a Debian load.  The Kernel and file system are up to you guys.  Remember, we will later be putting the two Windows apps (AutoCad 13 and PhotoShop 5.5) on the second 1.2 gig HD.  For now, I need for you to tell me how you want the JDebian install set up.

Remember too, I am following YOUR (the majority's) directive on this install.  You make the decisions, I am just loading disks and hitting keys.

SD

[Sleeping Dog]

What file system do you guys want and what should I do next relative to that file system and the partitions that I should be creating during the load?

SD

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by Sleeping Dog:
We are on the front end of a Debian load.  The Kernel and file system are up to you guys.  Remember, we will later be putting the two Windows apps (AutoCad 13 and PhotoShop 5.5) on the second 1.2 gig HD.  For now, I need for you to tell me how you want the JDebian install set up.

Remember too, I am following YOUR (the majority's) directive on this install.  You make the decisions, I am just loading disks and hitting keys.

SD

You have my vote on the F/S and kernel; my gut feeling is a boot floppy; you can add LILO or GRUB later.

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by Sleeping Dog:
We are on the front end of a Debian load.  The Kernel and file system are up to you guys.  Remember, we will later be putting the two Windows apps (AutoCad 13 and PhotoShop 5.5) on the second 1.2 gig HD.  For now, I need for you to tell me how you want the JDebian install set up.

Remember too, I am following YOUR (the majority's) directive on this install.  You make the decisions, I am just loading disks and hitting keys.With the limited space available ./ and ./user would be it. ./ 250 Mb, ./user the balance.

SD

[creedon]

Well, I screwed THAT up, didn't I?
I said, with the limited space available ./ and ./user would be about all the partition you could have, 250Mb. for ./ and the balance for ./user

[choasforages]

creedon, three posts with the same meaning, but different wording, how am i to clean that up...  

well, definatly need 128 for swap. and put the rest of / on the first drive, then make a /stuff dir on the 1.2 gig drive. and stick the apps in their after

chmod 1777 /stuff
and configureing wine to do it

[choasforages]

and use grub if you can. it is way better then lilo, it can boot *almost* anything

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by choasforages:
and use grub if you can. it is way better then lilo, it can boot *almost* anything

It's the best way to boot off the HD, but I think that , for now, a floppy with GRUB is the way to go.

[Sleeping Dog]

I am sitting here on the "cfdisk 2.11n" page of the install.  Having never installed Debian before, I await your instructions.

SD

[Master of Reality]

fdisk eh...hmmmmm

[Master of Reality]

so you have an hda and an hdb.
first make the swap on the first drive...
# cfdisk /dev/hda
: n
: p
: 1
: +100M

(i think that is correct)

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by Sleeping Dog:
I am sitting here on the "cfdisk 2.11n" page of the install.  Having never installed Debian before, I await your instructions.

SD

Are you comfortable, are your shoes too tight, can I get you a drink?
Perhaps now would be the time to create partitions?  Maybe a Primary partition that uses the whole available space, and then carve that up into whatever everybody decides.