From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from scanmail4.cableone.net ([24.116.0.124]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Fgu1-00046w-00 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 15:29:21 -0500 Received: from scanmail4.cableone.net ([10.116.0.124]) by scanmail4.cableone.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:28:26 -0700 Received: from scanmail4.cableone.net [24.116.0.124] by scanmail4.cableone.net (SMTPD32-7.04) id A4EA92D600FC; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:28:26 -0700 Received: from glenn (89-89.norcpe.cableone.net [24.116.89.89]) by mail.cableone.net with SMTP (MailShield v2.04 - WIN32 Jul 17 2001 17:12:42); Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:28:26 -0700 Message-ID: <007801c2932f$03174d80$a600a8c0@glenn> From: "Glenn Ervin" To: "linux - speakup" Subject: Partitioning a hard drive Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:29:23 -0600 Organization: from Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-SMTP-HELO: glenn X-SMTP-MAIL-FROM: glennervin@cableone.net X-SMTP-PEER-INFO: 89-89.norcpe.cableone.net [24.116.89.89] Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Glenn Ervin" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I was just reading on a how-to page about getting ready for installing Linux. It mentions partitioning a hard drive, and I wanted to get some feed back on whether any of you wish you had done it differently. I have a second hard drive, which I intend on dedicating totally to Linux, drive D, which is 8 GB in size. >>From what I read, it seems that I want at least 3 primary partitions. Unless I am mistaken, I want one to be no more than 80 MB, and one no more than 500 MB. * Should I have 4 primary partitions? P.S., I still have not decided which distro I am going to use, and I am about to get to that part of the documentation. I am considering Emacspeak for the speech part. "Live long and prosper", O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny) N0YJV Northeast Nebraska e-mail: glennervin@cableone.net The above address can also be found on MSM. or my work e-mail: gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us