IIRC you need at least 3Gb for an "everything" install of RH. I think it is also a good idea to create a FAT32 partition where you could keep files to be used by both OS's (I do not think Linux NTFS access is very stable yet)
Regards, Robert What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -----Original Message----- From: stm23 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 2:58 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: LAPTOP SPECS hi, if i were to do a full install (i.e. installing everything) for Redhat 9, what size partition would u recommend making? this partition will only be for Redhat, i'll keep all documents, music, movies etc in a seperate shared drive. using partition magic what sort of partition setup do u think i should have e.g. already installed size?, position? (before/after ############################################### # FAT # # # # #(DELL # NTFS(XP) # LINUX # NTFS(DOCS) # # UTIL)# 5GB # 3GB? # 20GB # ############################################### cheers, sam >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Another recommendation (from someone who was a newbie with RedHat once) - if >your hard disc is large enough, RedHat gives you an option to install >"everything" which I found very helpful when learning. My progress was not >hindered by having to install anything. > >Robert > > -----Original Message----- >From: stm23 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 1:31 p.m. >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: LAPTOP SPECS > >here's my laptop specs in case they help determine the best installation >method >for Redhat9 (via CD) > >1.4 GHz pentium mobile >512MB RAM >30GB > >cheers, sam
