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PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE.....GROUP PROJECT?
choasmaster:
Openoffice defiantly, i think i already said the partitinoing i would use
Sleeping Dog:
The votes/suggestions for partitioning and drive assignments that have come in so far are the following quotes. More details, suggestions and ideas are encouraged in that I am going to follow the instructions of the majority for this project.{/B]
Quoted from earlier in the thread:
Master of Reality / Bob
15 MB boot parition on the first drive at the beginning.
300MB swap at end of first drive?
the second drive only /usr (700MB) amd /home (300mb)?
I am by no means an exper on partitions. I didnt separate my redhat paritions, they are all under root expect for my boot partition.
choasmaster
ok, as in another post, when space is limitaed, go with either debian/*woody i would presume,*/ or a slackware install, have maybe a 400 meg / partiions
and a whole gig drive as /usr
then on the rest of the drive with 400 meg, mount the rest as /stuff and install in there.
TheQuirk
if he'll be using an old box, he'll probably be using 2.x kernel.. Didn't the 2.2 kernel and below need the swap to be the second partion? So:
[hda1 /boot 15mb][hda2 /swap 300mb][hda3 690mb /home] [hdb2 rest /]
MORE INPUT, ANYONE?
Best to ya'
Sleeping Dog
voidmain:
/dev/hda1 /boot 50MB
/dev/hda2 swap 256MB (depends on how much RAM you have and what you are using the box for)
/dev/hda3 / (rest of disk).
Sleeping Dog:
Where you stand now:
Master of Reality / Bob
15 MB boot parition on the first drive at the beginning.
300MB swap at end of first drive?
the second drive only /usr (700MB) amd /home (300mb)?
I am by no means an exper on partitions. I didnt separate my redhat paritions, they are all under root expect for my boot partition.
choasmaster
ok, as in another post, when space is limitaed, go with either debian/*woody i would presume,*/ or a slackware install, have maybe a 400 meg / partiions
and a whole gig drive as /usr
then on the rest of the drive with 400 meg, mount the rest as /stuff and install in there.
TheQuirk
if he'll be using an old box, he'll probably be using 2.x kernel.. Didn't the 2.2 kernel and below need the swap to be the second partion? So:
[hda1 /boot 15mb][hda2 /swap 300mb][hda3 690mb /home] [hdb2 rest /]
VoidMain
/dev/hda1 /boot 50MB
/dev/hda2 swap 256MB (depends on how much RAM you have and what you are using the box for)
/dev/hda3 / (rest of disk).
This is GREAT!
In the words of the sage....."Cummon'....hurt me....beat me....make me write bad checks!
Just kidding.....but this is really getting better all of the time.
I ran some DOS level tests on the memory modules and this box may be restricted to 64 Meg unless I stumble across more free RAM. (bank zero showed errors on third pass...could be slot problems or chip....don't know yet...probably chips. For now, it is a 64 MEG box that works clean.)
Think 64 and go from there.....any bump up that I might luck up on will just be an added bonus.
All the better in a way....that forces the issue again back to fast and clean.
Good Work Folks!
Sleeping Dog
Sleeping Dog:
Again...a reminder about the focus of this experiment for those who might have just joined the thread:
quote:If we, as a group, can put together a viable way of running these rather expensive Win apps efficiently under LINUX, maybe more folks would be willing to start transitioning their OS's if they knew that they would not have to purchase an entirely new library of professional software. Trust me....that DOES get into the thousands...even sometimes for upgrades.
--- End quote ---
If people have both bucks AND stability as a reason to move....they will move.
We are treading fresh ground with this little experiment....Maybe we can mark the path and show the way?
Sweet dreams to all.
Sleeping Dog
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