Jeff
I got tied up yesterday and was not able to get back to you, Sorry.
You could create a boot partition but there would be nothing to put in it
if you are using Grub. I have never used LILO ( in 7.0 it would not install
on my sysytem and in 7.1 I went with the default, Grub) so I do not know if
it still uses a boot partition.
Nearly all the programs you will install in Linux, in part due to
dependence and trees, need to be installed in specfic directories/folders.
Unless you know exactly what you are doing it is best not to change these
locations.
When you say "re-install the OS" I take it that you mean re-install in
the Windows way. This is not needed and in fact will not work in Linux. If
you are having problems with a program you can delete and re-install the
package/RPM but as far the OS as a whole is concerned you install it as
either a New Installation , in which case it wipes you hd, or as an Upgrade,
in which case programs/componets for which there are newer versions are
updated but any settings or program edits which you have made will not be
changed.
I have PM 4.0 which can see but not read my Linux partition so it shows
just a single Type 85 partition therefore I can make no changes to it using
PM. Is this still the case with PM 5.01?
Remember Linux is not Windows. You control it, it does not control you.
Charles :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Linux Newbie Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Install partitions help
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
