Dear DnA,
Are you using a 56K modem to download the whole thing?!? You have the
patience and fortitude of a zen monk! It took me 5 hours to do it with
DSL!
So, minus the partition that Win98 is on gives you 2.2GB to work with.
You could get away with making a 100MB 'swap' partition and having
another big one called '/' (the root partition), but I would advise you
to make a total of 4 partitions, in approximately this order and
proportion:
/dev/hda1 (this is your 1GB Win98 fat32 partition)
/ /dev/hda2 root partition, 200MB
swap /dev/hda3 swap partition, 100MB
/dev/hda4 extended partition, all other partitions fit inside
this one
/home /dev/hda5 user accounts go here, 600?MB
/usr /dev/hda6 executables, documentation, etc. gets stashed here,
1200?MB
/var /dev/hda7 system log files, mail, printer queue, etc. 100?MB
The sizes given for partitions are roughly what would work for me, you
may have to adjust them a bit to fit your needs. Mandrake is very good
about letting you know clearly what you are about to do before you do
it, but if there's any important data on your Win98 partition, FOR GOD'S
SAKE, MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF IT BEFORE YOU BEGIN!!!! If you make a backup
on your spare 540meg harddrive, be sure to physically disconnect it from
the computer before you begin. You can't be too paranoid about this. Ask
me how I know! :^{)
Good luck!
Regards,
Anthony
David and Alicia wrote:
>
> I'm needing step by step advice now as my mandrake download is nearing
> completion. I've been dowloading this since Wednesday evening and its now
> Sunday AM and i have 65% WeeHee! (my wife is going bananas!!)
>
> Heres the specs:
>
> Machine 200mmx
> Mem 48meg
> HD1 3.2g, w98se installed
> HD2 540 MEG, blank.
>
> I have downloaded mandrake to the 3.2 drive. Questions:
>
> 1) How do i chop up c for my linux/win installs, what partition sizes etc,
> bearing in mind that the mandrake download is residing in my win partition
> and taking up a gig already!
> 2) How do i ensure that the mandrake install takes place on the newly
> created linux partition.
>
> looking forward to advice, regards
>
> David and Alicia
