More mainstream . . .

[Brian Densmore]

I didn't know 6.2 would load on a 400 MB system.
You're going to want:
	at least 250MB for /usr,
	that leaves 150MB - 2x RAM for /,
      and 2x RAM for swap.
Not a lot of room for creativity there, although you may need to reduce /usr
as much as possible to make room wherever the MP3 code and such will reside.
If you can browse the RPMs you will be installing first and calculate your
needs for /bin, /usr, /var, & /opt.
I'd just use fdisk, it may not be user friendly, but it is a simple
interface and [as long as you don't get too creative or experimental]
stable. Or you could use whatever the default RedHat format tool is during
setup. I'd make three partitions
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda2
/dev/hda3
no extended partitions to worry about.

Applying the golden rule KIS [ I don't generally like using the last word,
it's so politically incorrect ... ;')> ]
Like my great-grandfather Cunningham used to say
"Murphy was an OPTIMIST! So why tempt fate?".

Best Regards,
Brian

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bradley Miller [mailto:bradmiller at dslonramp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:22 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: More mainstream . . . 
> 
> 
> Ok, since I have this one Linux box I chuffed with the network card
> install, I decided to load RH 6.2 on it and go from there.   
> I *thought* I
> had selected to upgrade an existing installation, but 
> evidently that is
> just upgrading from 6.1 to more features on 6.1. . . . right?   It
> installed a bunch of stuff from the 6.2 CD, but now my 
> machine is locked up
> past the Lilo prompt.   I think I'll just wack the drive and 
> start over.
> *SIGH*
> 
> This leads me to the next question -- what's the best way to 
> partition a
> drive?  How much do I need for / and /usr and that????  
> That's the first
> "Oh my gosh" thin I run into.   The drive in there is like a 
> 400+MB model .
> . . it's small, but this drive will only be to run Linux, 
> networking, and
> enough stuff for decoding MP3's and playing CD's.    I'll 
> stick a 10gig
> (hopefully???) in as drive 2.    Any suggestions???
> 
> -- Bradley Miller
> 
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