[plug] Installing Redmond Linux

[sol]

Hi Tim,

I'm guessing, but I'd dare to say that Redmond Linux won't give you much 
choice with that either; that is to say that it will very likely go about an 
automatic partitioning scheme. Or it may offer you a yes/no option.

If you do get a choice then, maybe something like this might work:
/dev/hda1	/boot	25Mb (max)
/dev/hda5	/	<the rest>
/dev/hda6	swap	32Mb

A default intall of a current commercial distro is likely to put at least a 
gigabyte of software on your HDD. And I think that you'll find your desktop 
experience sluggish in either KDE or GNOME with only 32MB RAM. Yeah, they say 
that Linux can run on old hardware, which is true, but the latest desktop 
environments don't really. At least not very well, from my experience.

regards,
sol	

On Sun, 12 May 2002 10:56, David White wrote:
> Hi all. I have recently recived a copy of Redmond Linux. I wish to install
> it so i can experiment with it. The only other large harddisks that i have
> are 560Mb and 540Mb. I have taken out my Mandrake linux/Windows Harddisk
> and put the 2 hdd in and the cdrom. It is suggested to have 700-1000Mb free
> space so i'm wondering how i should partion the hdds. I have 32Mb ram but
> don't mind if i get a swap. There is no package selection as it is designed
> to be as easy as possible.
> Any suggestions on how to partion would be great.
>
> Tim