Partitions in Mandrake 10.1
i dont know if my question is dumb. . but i want a suggesion how many partitions and how big space should we make in mandrake 10. 1? i got 17gb space for mandrake i have download mandrake 10. 1 from this homepage.
i dont know if my question is dumb..
but i want a suggesion
how many partitions and how big space should we make in mandrake 10.1?
i got 17gb space for mandrake
i have download mandrake 10.1 from this homepage... 3 iso. but when want to install, it show i should have 4 iso..
is that the 300mb's one?
but i want a suggesion
how many partitions and how big space should we make in mandrake 10.1?
i got 17gb space for mandrake
i have download mandrake 10.1 from this homepage... 3 iso. but when want to install, it show i should have 4 iso..
is that the 300mb's one?
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You know, partitions are up to you, but of course there are general recommendations how you should partition your HD. Some of the general rules that I would follow for partitioning my HD for Mandrake are:
-Create a boot partition at least 100Mb
-Create a Swap partition three times greater than your RAM, so if you have a 256 RAM multiply it by 3.
-Creat a Root( / ) partition and I would say about 60 to 70% of your HD.
-Create a Home partition (/home) with 25% to 30% of your HD or just use whatever space is left.
You can go on creating additional partions if you prefer such as for /var, /www, etc...but usually I never did.
There are many tutorials online that will give some general guidelines for this as well:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3174/1/
Right now I'm using ProMepis and the only partitions I need are swap, and root, but it is always suggested to make some partitions for security porpuses.
-Create a boot partition at least 100Mb
-Create a Swap partition three times greater than your RAM, so if you have a 256 RAM multiply it by 3.
-Creat a Root( / ) partition and I would say about 60 to 70% of your HD.
-Create a Home partition (/home) with 25% to 30% of your HD or just use whatever space is left.
You can go on creating additional partions if you prefer such as for /var, /www, etc...but usually I never did.
There are many tutorials online that will give some general guidelines for this as well:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3174/1/
Right now I'm using ProMepis and the only partitions I need are swap, and root, but it is always suggested to make some partitions for security porpuses.
thanx LinuxCrusader & danleff
its really help
i ll try it after this
emmm
this is what i have download.
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD1.i586.iso
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD2.i586.iso
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD3.i586.iso
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Mini.i586.iso <--- anyway what is this file for? i download it coz it a iso file
its really help
i ll try it after this
emmm
this is what i have download.
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD1.i586.iso
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD2.i586.iso
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD3.i586.iso
>> Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Mini.i586.iso <--- anyway what is this file for? i download it coz it a iso file
Quote:Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Mini.i586.iso <--- anyway what is this file for? i download it coz it a iso file
You don't need the mini iso disk, the others are the correct disks, only three. The mini disk is good as a rescue disk, or to install the distro from a hard drive.
Make sure that you burn them at a slow speed, say 4X or 9X, as iso files like to be burned at a slow speed.
Also, make sure that you burn as an image, don't just burn the iso's as a data disk. For example, if you are using Nero to burn the images, choose from the dropdown menu file-->burn image, for each iso file.
You don't need the mini iso disk, the others are the correct disks, only three. The mini disk is good as a rescue disk, or to install the distro from a hard drive.
Make sure that you burn them at a slow speed, say 4X or 9X, as iso files like to be burned at a slow speed.
Also, make sure that you burn as an image, don't just burn the iso's as a data disk. For example, if you are using Nero to burn the images, choose from the dropdown menu file-->burn image, for each iso file.
