You _must_ have winxp installed _first_. I'm not exactly sure why, but that's said everywhere. Then just create a 256 swap partition, and use the rest for the / partition. (Use Disk Druid to partition) -Michael On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 19:25, valeed wrote: > hi , > I have a 40gb hdd , 128mb ram , pentium 4 1000mhz hp pc > of the 40gb i have made two logical partitions , of 22 gb & 18gb > 22gb is reserved for windows xp , & on 18gb I wish to install Linux > 8.0 , > i want to have a dual boot & keep the windows xp as it is till I learn > more & feel comfortable with Linux as I am new to this. > please if someone can guide me to partition the 18gb for installing > Linux > > I have downloaded the psyche-i386-iso images & created 3 cds reqd for > installation , please reply me with the calculation as to how much is > reqd for diff partitions in linux > > what are the partitions i should create , & how much each partition > should be allocated > is there any calculation by which it becomes easy to allocate the > reqrd space for the said partitions > should i create all the partitions as mentioned below or is there > anything else i should know please guide me > > / > /boot > /home > /swap > /usr > /usr/local > /tmp > /var > > > Have a nice day > > > regards > > > Valeed > > valeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
