> > Already partitioned into two equal sizes? Why?
>
> It's a long story but I wanted to make 3 partitions (2 of about 750 MB
> so I can store files there and get them ready to burn to CDR), and then
> the 3rd partition as just a separate drive. During the drive install my
> mouse was disabled so i was unable to point it to the scroll bar where I
> could increase the number of partitions or the sizes. So I was stuck
> with 2 of equal size. Should I repartition it later with the Partition
> Magic?
Definitely repartition.
Where'd you get Partition Magic? I used disk druid.
> > The swap partition is for virtual memory. How much memory do you have?
> > I've heard that it's a good idea to make it 250% of how much physical
> > RAM you have. Guys?
>
> I have 160 MB RAM. So I should make a 400 MB partition?
NO.
That's waaay too much. If you feel like it, go up to 128MB.
> > Hey. Do you have SCSI drives?
>
> Ummmm, I dunno. I just opened up my computer and stuck it in and it
> works. :-) I guess it says EIDE on the box.
Okay.
> > So can you even run the installation program? If you can get your BIOS
> > to boot from a CD, then simply set it to do that, insert the CD, and
> > reboot. If not, you can use rawrite (on the CD) to make an installation
> > floppy. Read the documentation if you can.
>
> I haven't tried the install yet because I wasn't sure where to the
> install. I want to put it on my new drive but it looked like it HAD to
> be on the primary master drive and not the primary slave.
I have Linux on my slave. It's no problem. The slave is /dev/hdb.
> So, I need to install the boot manager or LILO on the original C drive
> and then just tell it where Linux is on the D: drive right?
Install LILO to /dev/hda. It's not the D: drive. That's just DOS's
name for it. It's /dev/hdb1. That means the first primary partition on
the slave disk. Understand?
