From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([207.224.49.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IAEn4-0000T4-00 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:50:18 -0400 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6G0oHCo032006 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:50:17 GMT Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l6G0oHur032003 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:50:17 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: wb2flw.octothorp.org: wacker owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:50:17 -0600 (MDT) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: re: moonshine and disk druid In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:50:18 -0000 Hi, I can't see the difference between your method, and using a custom layout. An advantage to the custom layout is that you don't get the unnecessary /boot partition. -- Bill in Denver On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I did something that wasn't in the howto with disk druid and so far as I > can tell, it was successful. > First I started out by selecting default partitioning. Next where it said > view and modify partitions I picked yes. Third, I got onto the big slash > partition and hit f2 and was asked to you want to create a new partition > or logical volume and I chose to create a new partition. > 4) Since I want to create two more partitions and the slash partition is > the space from which these are being taken I figured the slash > partition should be 1/6 of the original space and the /usr/local should > be 1/3 and the /home should be 1/2. So I keyed in my mount point for > /usr/local and divided the 113,354MB by 1/3 and keyed that number in as > the size. I had to backspace over the 1 that was already there to get > rid of it. Then having finished up that partition I repeated the > process after having gotten back onto the slash partition and created > the /home partition with 1/2 the space that was originally in that > slash partition. > If possible could some of you try this method out and see if it's any > easier? If so, it may be useful to update the howto's disk druid section > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >