Just a caution on the default partitions installed by the 7.1 CDs: the default partitions a 18Gb disk into a small root, a larger /usr and the rest as a home partition, but this forgets a crucial large directory, /var, which will rapidly outgrow the assigned / partition. Filesystem 1k-blocks /dev/hda5 295564 /dev/hda6 3020140 /dev/hda7 13100844 /var is home to mail spools, but also to fax and voicemail spools which can get very large, and all the database programs on the Mandrake CD put their databases here. I also notice that the allotted /usr partition of 3GB will almost burst if you elect to install everything included by default for a development workstation; it doesn't leave much room for growth. Now, I know how to work around this, and while I suppose I could have re-done the partition table to just /boot and / as I normally do, I gave the defaults a shot and now I am stuck with them. What concerns me is whether this scheme, which requires advanced tweaking and delicate symlinks, is the right one for the novice first-time user. -- Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: office voice/fax: 01 519 4222723 T(C)Inc Business Innovations through Open Source http://www.teledyn.com M:I-3 - Documenting the Linux kernel: http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net
