Hi Charles
I did install within the FAT extended partition and as predicted it messed
up the MBR and partition table. But I was able to fix things. :-)
Then I deleted the Linux partitions and shrunk the DOS extended partition
and installed in the free space beyond and that install went fine except for
the inability to install in pre-created Linux partitions because of size.
It did create the 3 Linux partitions you mentioned. It would be nice if the
install manual had somewhere the minimum sizes needed for the different
partitions.
After I played with the present install (7.1) I will re-install into
prepared partitions of the correct sizes. I do not know much about Linux
yet. Is there not an advantage to having a separate /boot partition even
with Grub?
Also I experimented with installing WordPerfect 8 from a Mandrake 7.0 CD (I
am running 7.1) and that went effortlessly, except that I do not think it
asked me "where" to install WP. Shouldn't I be installing commercial
software in certain partitions and mount points in case of re-installs of
the OS?
Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Install partitions help
> Jeff
> Did you end up installing in your extended DOS partition?
> The Automatic installation actually created 3 partitions, /, /usr, and
> /swap. Using Grub a boot partition is not needed.
> The custom install would not work becuse of the size of your /
> partition. It need to be at least 600MB or larger, and your /usr partition
> should be larger.
> If you have free space on the drive and are not worried about moving
> anything in your current partitions you can use DiskDrak to create
> additional partitions.
>
> Charles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric MC.D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 4:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Install partitions help
>
>
> > Jeff Malka wrote:
> > >
> > > I just received my 7.1 CDs and installed Mandrake 7.1 with no apparent
> > > problems!
> > >
> > > However that was no feat because I just used the "recommended"
install.
> > > That installed everything together and I would prefer to have separate
> > > partitions for various mounting points.
> > >
> > > Prior to goinf the "recommended" install root I tried a custom install
> with
> > > the following partitions:
> > > /boot 10 MB
> > > /opt 516 MB
> > > /usr 1000 MB
> > > /home 1000 MB
> > > / 66 MB
> > > /var 66 MB
> > >
> > > but the install told me that did not give it enough space to install
all
> the
> >
> > A fully isntall take about 1,3GB.
> > If it can help, mine is :
> > /boot 30 MB (15 MB =Ok)
> > /usr 3 GB (free 44%)
> > / 800 MB (free 15%) (/opt included)
> > /usr/local 620 MB (free 38%)
> > /home 1,6GB (free 58%)
> > swap 256MB
> > Eric
> >
> > > packages.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me how large I need to make the various partitions to
> > > install a standard, normal install (not development, etc.)?
> > >
> > > Since this is a brand new install, I do not mind re-installing into
> separate
> > > partitions if I only knew what sizes to make them.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Registered Linux user 183185
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
