Re: [SLE] new install/partition question

Stephen W wrote:

--- Carl Hartung wrote:

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Stephen W wrote:

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I am goping to start over again...

Have purchased a 160g Maxtor.

Running an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe board Atalon 2500 CPU with 512 RAM (have another 512 to add later, but

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long as I am dual with Win98 512 is max).

Suggestions for setting up this new HD paritions

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needed.

Thanks in advance...

===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ..."

Proverbs

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Hi Stephen,

You could send me a couple dozen gigs ;-) Seriously, how you set it up depends on your application... are you replacing an existing hd or adding it to the system? Is this your home computer or a server at work? Some background would be helpful.

regards,

- Carl

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This is for my home computer ... I will be only user. I bought SuSE 8.2 about 3 (maybe 4) months ago and loaded it on a very small leftover HD (so all that is on this one will be dumped --actually the drive will be removed and the new Mastox will take its place... I usually find it is easier to just start over and not try to move things from one place to the other...)

I may think about putting it back in to get some of the downloaded programs )eg firebird)that I have added since the orginal install and so save myself the d/l time.

New HD - just for linux and will be slave on primary (Win98 is on primary master)

There is a CD on Secondary master and a second HD for windows on the secondary slave.

Thanks again Stephen W

===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL

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Stephen, There are many reasonable, but sometimes conflicting, approaches to this. From what you've described, I'd recommend not spending too much time worrying about it. I'd accept YaST2's default settings, possibly with one exception: If you're going to double your RAM in the near future, you can override the default swap partition size and double it now -- instead of resizing it later. Would you mind my asking what you're using for backups? regards, - Carl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services Dover Foxcroft, Maine http://www.cehartung.com "Jello is never very interesting until it is set and sure of itself."