Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 01:34:36 -0800 From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 20Gig HD in L50? OK, I'm about to replace my 4.3Gig with a 20Gig or so HD in the L50. I'll still be running Win95. What is the best way to partition it? I figure the first 2Gig as the boot drive with DOS, Win95, and Office on it. Then the next 6 Gigs in 2Gig partitions again. QUESTION - with 32Meg RAM, exactly how much space do I need to leave open after 8Gig? Or is the space *up to* 8Gig? IOW, do I run 4 2Gig partitions, skip X Meg (32? 64?), then continue with 2Gig partitions until I max out the drive, or do I run 3 2Gig partitions, a 4th partition of [2Gig minus X Meg], then continue? For the reserved space, do I set it in FDISK, but then leave it unformatted? This is all assuming no hard drive translation drivers - depending on which 20Gig I get, I may run drivers and just do 4-5 partitions - 2Gig, 6Gig, <reserved space>, 8Gig (or up to the end of the drive if the drivers allow it), the rest of the drive. Has anyone tried different 20Gig HDs and have feedback on the differences? -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------UNSUBSCRIBE------- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe --------UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **************************************************************
