yeah I'd want ext3 but i want to be able to read all my partitions from all installed systems and some don't support it yet unfortunately.
about home i will have it on the same partition at first and then when I'm sure everything is working use the partition I'm sharing with the other systems. On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 17:23, Collins Richey wrote: > On 22 Mar 2003 16:48:19 +0100 > Lars J Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i have a 10gb ext2 partition for it already, it's going to share a 2gb > > swap partition with my other distributions, i was more thinking about > > what would have to be set up to get an environment closely enough > > resembling the one you get from booting from a stage1 cd and how to get > > it all started. > > > > Unless you do not have the ability in your current kernel, I would strongly > recommend using ext3 for the g2 partition. You don't really want a non-journaled fs! > > g2 recommends a /boot partition, but you do not have to use one. > > You could also split your area into 5g for the / partition and 5g for a /home > partion before you start. In this case you would mount it similar to the > recommended /boot partiton. > > You don't really need to worry much about the environment, if your current > environment supports communications. Just follow the instructions about untarring > the g2 stuff to your new / partition, mounting /proc, copying resolv.conf, and > chrooting. From this point on, your work in the chroot environment will be > relatively unrelated to your current system. As long as you do the chroot stuff > from another console or an Xterm, you can continue to use your system while the > chroot stuff chugs away in the background. > > Good luck. > > -- > Collins > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Is there really any hope for the human race? We invent an extremely complex global network, consisting of many many miles of optic fibres and satelites and super fast routers with clever routing algorithms. We create machines that can make circuit boards with 0.13 microns precision. And what do we do with all these inventions? We send millions of spam mails about a pill for erectile dysfunction." "Be careful of labels. They have a habit of turning into prisons." -- Lance R. "Know thy self. If you need help, call the FBI!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
