Hi.

I've just installed Red Hat Linux 7.0 and Win98 SE in my Compaq Presario 1235 and almost everything seems to be working fine.
I just needed to download a linux driver for the win-modem. Compiled it and it worked without any problem. Found an article on how to setup the sound and it worked immediately.

I left only 900 MB for my Win98 partition and gave 3.1 Gigabytes to Linux.

My only problem is that this time (I had installed both OSes before) I didn't specified a size for /boot /var and/or /usr. All of RH Linux is installed in one single partition of 3.1 Gigabytes. I did it this way because the last time I started having problems with /boot filling up. I've read that this could be a problem, but, at the same time, a guy I work with says it is easier to put everything in one partition.

What would you say is the best strategy?
And, if I need to repartition, what would be the best way to do it with minimum disruption of my installation?
I don't think reinstalling the modem driver or reconfiguring the sound card would be much of a problem, but would prefer to avoid it, if possible.

Thanks in advance.

This is not really a major problem, and the diffrence you'd see would be minimal. I wouldn't bother for this size of disk.

The only thing you might want to consider is to make a separate /home partition, and put everything else on /root. That way you can easily backup your home directory, and upgrading/adding to the /root partition won't destroy or damage your data. You could even reformat /root and /home would be untouched.
Zane