On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM, sharanjit Kaur <skaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have installed Fedora on IBM R50e laptop model which was working > fine till now. > > Kernel info and detailed h/w info in as following: > > Linux mtnl 2.4.22-1.2135.nptl #1 Mon Dec 15 15:55:18 EST 2003 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux
This is quite ancient :) > RAM : 1GB > HDD : 40GB You have not disclosed your current disk partition - the RAM and HDD size is enough to install pretty much any distro's latest version. Hopefully, your /home is on a separate disk partition. Nevertheless, back up your /home + plus any other customized config files. After back up, I would suggest you repartition your disk to 10GB for install partition (/ + other sys dirs), 2GB for swap, and the remainder for /home. I have a 18GB HDD with Debian Squeeze. I have carved it out 6GB for installation, 2GB for swap and the remainder for /home. Base Debian + XFCE4 desktop takes about 1.2GB for the installation. Even for the desktop Debian will install only the minimal GUI packages and let you add your "favorite" apps later. HTH -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
