I have two drives, the 3.2 gig,which is C, and a 540mb caviar which E,
Question: Could i install to E: or is that suggestion just simply
preposterous?
Failing that do you suggest that i make a new partition on c of 2 gig? does
it need to be this big?
David and Alicia
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Sent: 29 December 2000 13:28
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Subject: Re: [RE: [newbie] basic question]
"David and Alicia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry Herman, our machine has 48meg, will linux run ok?.....which is the
> <lightest> program manager and what size should i make my linux partition?
>
> David and Alicia
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I assume you intend to dual boot, thus the question about size of linux
partition. I'd use 2 gig for / and 128M for swap. Should run OK w/ 48M,
but
if you notice sluggishness in KDE (the default wm) try Windowmaker, or
Blackbox. Both of those will allow you to run Gnome or KDE apps w/o the
overhead of the entire environment. My preference is Blackbox, but
Windowmaker is also quite good and may be more to your liking. they're both
included in the installation.
Mike
"What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?"
--W. C. Fields
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