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Hi all, I'm pretty new to the Linux world and I'm looking to put the current version of Slackware on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-27 I just got. The machine has a 6 gig HDD, 256 of RAM, and a PII 300Mhz. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to partition my 6 gigs to get most out of my limited space. Thanks in advance and I look forward to posting here!
Normally I'd recommend the same as mannyslack but there may be one downside of this: If you're new to Linux, you may screw up the system soon, or maybe you'd change your mind about the distro you want to use(*). Then a seperate /home partition would serve better. Based on my usage, I would make it 2 GBs. For daily desktop usage, I don't usually have more than 3 GBs on anywhere else, so 4 GBs should be enough for system things apart from your personal files. If something wicked happens to the system, you can still make a fresh install quickly, with your personal files in /home intact.
(*) You should definitely use Slack on that h/w. I have a much stronger beast here, still hate the overhead of many other distros.
Distribution: debian with bits of everything stuck on it
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bit late posting this. you say you have 256 megs of ram on a p2 300mhz cf-27? could you confirm that and maby post the model number, if it works ok then im of to get some more ram. everything i have seen so far for this model says the limit is 192 megs, if it will take more then it is getting more. just for my 2 cents on the hard drive, i got a 60 gig drive and its working fine. much faster than the origional. only thing i think i did wrong was to create seperate system and home partitions, it seems to slow things down sometimes. the drive was only 50 euro and for the difference in speed was well worth it.
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