ioriamd 0 Posted February 8, 2005 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? Share this post Link to post
LinuxCrusader 0 Posted February 8, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post
danleff 0 Posted February 8, 2005 The download version has 3 iso's to get. Let's also make sure that you got the right ones. What is the exact name of the first iso image that you downloaded? Is it Mandrakelinux-10.1-Community-cd1.i586.iso? Share this post Link to post
ioriamd 0 Posted February 13, 2005 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 Share this post Link to post
danleff 0 Posted February 13, 2005 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. Share this post Link to post
Pfour 0 Posted February 14, 2005 Hi all, regarding partitions. If you use auto allocate after selecting the 17gig portion of your drive, you will be ok. I currently use 18gig for Mandrake 10.1official 5.8gig /root 1gig swap the rest for /home Dual booting Mandrake & XP pro for games Share this post Link to post
ioriamd 0 Posted February 14, 2005 emmm... ic... thanx for the help... i already compllete installing mandrake.. now tryin this make me feel free from windows... hehe.. and already sussecful configure my internet connection (read instructions from forum) thanx guys .. all of u really helpin.. Share this post Link to post