Greg wrote: > hello list, > I've been lurking since I decided to install demudi on my xp system. > So far I've cooked my XP install twice in the process... I've checked > FAQs and other guides and no luck yet. Here's what I'm doing. > demudi 1.2.0 iso, using the default installer > I run linux26 dmraid (SATA drive) > partitioning: > 15gb XP ntfs > 2.5gb linux swap (aside: is this too big or should i go by the 1.5x > rule and do 3? I have 2 gigs of ram) > 4gb " / " partition > 150gb "/home" partition > everything but the xp partition is a "logical" partition. > Now, I want to be able to keep XP's MBR intact. The first install i > totally goofed. The next time I tried to get it to install GRUB to a > floppy, I couldn't figure out if I should use /dev/fd1 or /floppy or > what and it just hung. Now I've read that once everything's groovy > it's not too complicated to make a linux boot instruction to add in > xp's boot.ini, but I need to get this up in the first place. > So... > 1. are these good partition sizes? > 2. is there a good install guide that talks about using the default installer? > 3. is there a better way to install demudi / how can I do what I'm trying to do? > thanks hope this is list-appropriate etc. > > > Hi 1:) I run demudi but *not* with a full gnome or kde installation. Disk usage for "/" is 6.1GB All program and library packages live under "/" as well as the system stuff therefore you should allow at least 20GB to give room for new programs and updates especially if you want full gnome and kde install 2&3:) If you haven't already checked it out have a look at: http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/InstallCdRom or http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/InstallApt Also Demudi 1.2.1 is very near release, most of the users on the demudi list (http://lists.agnula.org/mailman/listinfo/users) are running 1.2.1. If you want the cdrom image it is here: http://download.agnula.org/1.2/1.2.1/ as well as some info about it (README*) robin
