[plug] Installing Redmond Linux

[David White]

At 18:54 12/05/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>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.

Redmond gives u total control. but i need to split it over 2 disks. RAID 
isn't possable. Please read my original a bit closer.
Tim

>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