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Re: my 2 questions...



Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> erase the "F:" partition and make AT LEAST two partition - one for root
> and one for swap, and it is recommended that you make more (one for for /,
> one for /usr, one for /home etc.).  For further details about this process

I tend to disagree on too much partitioning.  Today, after a few
months of using Debian, I can more-or-less know how much to put
in each partition, but I wouldn't expect a newbie to make the
right estimate on his first installation.  Besides, the benefits
of multiple partitions are minor in his case (Actually, what are
they?  Once he buys a larger disk he can just copy stuff over and
reorganize).  This isn't true just for Linux, on every new UNIX
I install (recently SGI IRIX 6.2, for instance) I create one large
file system and install things "to get the feel".

I'd recommand you to just make two partitions - around ~100Mb for swap
and the rest for a / filesystem.

Cheers,

--Amos

--Amos Shapira                  | "Of course Australia was marked for
                                |  glory, for its people had been chosen
amos@dsi.co.il                  |  by the finest judges in England."
                                |                         -- Anonymous


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