On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 08:32:48PM -0400, Rob wrote: > Hey, im about to install deb2.2, can anyone recommend a specific > partitioning scheme? > > Like if im willing to allocate 20 gigs. I figured id just do 128 for /swap, > and the rest to /, but ive had friends tell me they do other partitions like > /boot, /user, and /home. What do you guys recommend ? > > Also, im dual booting next to win2k(dont flame my, I have to do 3d > rendering), will I need to make a special boot partition for LILO? I've > heard something about /mbr which I dont understand. > > Will someone clarify this stuff for me? Thanks!
here's a place to look -- try the Multi-Disk-HOWTO. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Multi-Disk-HOWTO.html implementation is the specific chapter you're after, i think, but there's lots-o-goodies and significant background info throughout.