Thank you.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:07 PM
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
> > 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
>
> i use linux mandrake 7.1 complete and i had to make my root partition
> 3100mb to install everything but if you use the delux version of linux
> mandrake 7.1 than you will have to make your root bigger than 3100mb but
im not
> shure how much bigger cause i never used the delux version yet if your
going
> to install more software later than you might have to make your /
partition
> much bigger than 3100mb so you can have extra free space left in the /
> partition after install i only made 3 partitions i only
> use
> linux swap 250mb linux native / 3100mb linux native /home
100mb
> if you are going to use the partition /usr and /usr/local or /opt
they
> need to be the same size as the linux native / partition
but
> im not shure how big to make /boot /var i never used them before i
hope
> that helps
>
>
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