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dbl221:
Partitioning the non-swap stuff:

At a minimum you need /boot, / and /swap

/boot of 300MB or so is fine....plenty of room for playing around and learning more about Linux.

/swap....read Voidmains stuff

/    you can put everything else under this to keep things simple...most distros do this.

if you want to get more advanced then you can created /var /home and the rest.

The optimal size of /var /opt /home and the rest is a matter of what you are doing with the box and much debate....there is no right or wrong answer.

If you want to learn more just install Linux a few time with varous sizes or /var /home and the rest.

The mount point has nothing to do with the name of the partition....partition names are hda1, hda5 and what not....the mount point is the directory name...ie your windows fat32 partions is  mounted as a vfat to /mnt/win or /winblows.

good luck and let us know how it goes

Master of Reality:
its too late for your help.
Thanks to the easy Linux-Mandrake setup, i figured it out and as of 3:15 Pm i have been logged into my new linux machine and am writing this from it.

i finally got too pissed off at windoze and my machine is currently windoze-free.
that freaking windows setup program got into a "loop of stupidity" (just like scandisk does when its set to perform write testing) when i tried to re-install, i said fuck it and got out my linux-mandrake CD and... well here i am on my linux machine.

P.S.
cant i get the trillian messenger for linux?

[ March 16, 2002: Message edited by: Druaga ]

Master of Reality:
can i use files that are on my Fat32 (wiindows) hard drive?
such as playing MP3's in Linux that are stored on my Fat32 partition?

also...
 Is there some sort of "Remote Administration" i can use in Linux to control another (windows) computer on my network?

[ March 16, 2002: Message edited by: Druaga ]

Master of Reality:
well, i'm on my crappy old win machine, to ask questions about linux. *sigh*

how do i re-install the lilo boot from the command  line?
(you dont want to know, what i did to it)

voidmain:
Wow, so many questions..

First you don't need 300MB for a /boot, 20MB is plenty. It's only there to hold the kernel and initrd. In fact it's entirely possible that you don't even need a /boot partition depending on your hard drive and BIOS, but you can't go wrong if you create one regardless of whether it's necessary.

Second, you can use VNC to remote control Windows machines.  You'll need to install the VNC server on the windows machine and then use vncviewer under Linux to remote control.

Third.  Assuming you mean reinstalling LILO from the Linux command line, and assuming you have your proper "/" partition mounted from your hard drive, just run "/sbin/lilo" (assuming you have not made any changes to your /etc/lilo.conf file. If you want to change the LILO boot menu you would change it in /etc/lilo.conf.  After every change you have to run /sbin/lilo to make the changes active.

If you screwed up your boot menu, you can always use a boot disk or your CD to bootstrap your "/" partition on your hard drive. To do this, boot from the alternate media (CD/Floppy) and at the LILO: prompt type "linux root=/dev/hda2" (assuming your linux "/" partition is on your second partition of your hard drive).  Once booted you can fix your lilo.

[ March 16, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

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