On Sun, 14 May 2000, vulcan wrote:
>While we are at it. RH inst gave me three options:
>
>1. Server
>Q1: why the hell Linux server need capture entire m/c? WinNT coolly
>stays in its partition without disturbing other ones.
Server and workstation installs assume that you are installing on a new
machine/ empty HD by default.
>Q2: We need to inst a network card for a server.
Nope, for any machine on a network with a dedicated connection.
>In a home pc we are normally not having such card, even then we install
>server for study purpose. <snip>
>Is there any such option in Linux servers.
loopback [by default (127.0.0.1)]
>--------
>2. Workstation
>Q3: why can't we have two workstations of different distro of linux on
>the same hdd? say, RH is already working, and we install muLinux or SuSE
>in other partition to study their features.
Refer first point above.
Server and workstation installs are for business/academia/networks, not single
user machines!
>Q4: Not exactly RH related, but a general query. Is it necessary to keep
>LinuxSwap and LinuxNative in adjascent partition? if not necessary, is
>it advisable.
Not necessary, adjust as per your needs. If you can keep the two on separate
HDs, it will be better for high disk io operations.
>Q5: after installation, can i delete LinuxSwap partition and create a
>new at a different location?
Yes. man fdisk, man mkswap.
>REMARK: winNT disk administrator (or whatever is the name) is much much
You mean remembering a few numbers is a problem? And what happens when you
don't have X? Or you are on a remote network with a slow connection? And of
course, you can always back out without committing anything from druid and
fdisk on Linux. And if you aren't confident during the process of partitioning,
try reading a bit about it first, then do it. Or ask someone to come over and
do it (might be expen$ive tho).
Devdas Bhagat
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