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03-21-2005, 09:03 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: SOuth Africa JHB
Distribution: Red Hat 2
Posts: 2
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How do I set partitions? ANd install Linux?
I am a really new entry to Linux.
I have a really old Red Hat version 2.0
Running a P1 with 4 gig hdd
and some memory ...I think about 256ram
I have delted the windows partition and need to create a new parition. Linux Native?
So what are the cylinders and what is "+size" , "+sizeM", "+sizeK"?
What are the recommendations here?
Also what is a mount point? How do I specify a mount point?
I am really drowning here
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03-21-2005, 10:06 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10.1
Posts: 32
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this +sizeM means that if you put let say +500M it will create a 500 MB partition. And you also need a swap partition. I would do maybe 3.5GB partition for linux and 500MB for swap
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03-21-2005, 10:43 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: India
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 368
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A mount point is a physical location in the directory structure on which you graft—or mount—the root directory of another volume. Mount points are persistent directories that point to disk volumes.
-Prasanta
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03-21-2005, 11:22 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Omaha, NE, USA
Distribution: PCLinuxOS 2007
Posts: 808
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RedHat 2.0?!? What a way to start learning Linux!  :lol:
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03-21-2005, 12:04 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 26,915
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Hmm... now what kernel version was that...
Back then you could only have 128mb swap. Did the ext2 filesystem exist back then?
When you run the installer there should be a window to specify mount points. Swap for swap and / for the other partition.
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03-21-2005, 07:20 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: In the DC 'burbs
Distribution: Arch, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 4,290
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I think ext2 has been around that long, but you really shouldn't install RH2 and expect to get anything done with it. In fact, installing old distros is generally a really lousy idea because they tend to be unsupported and riddled with security problems. Do yourself a favor and get a modern distro like VectorLinux designed to run on old systems. Heck, a modest Slackware or Debian install should run OK on that hardware.
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03-21-2005, 07:43 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Following the white rabbit
Distribution: Slackware64 -current
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I'd really recommend getting a new version of a distro. If you''re totalled lost about partioning and are planning to use the entire disk, most modern "newbie" oriented distros like Mepis, SuSE, Mandrake, and others have automatic partitioning tools that will make it easier for you.
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03-21-2005, 07:56 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 8
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RH2 Oh dear 
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03-22-2005, 05:35 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: singapore
Distribution: puppy and Ubuntu and ... erh ... redhat(sort of) :( ... + the venerable bsd and solaris ^_^
Posts: 658
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P1 with 256 ram !
redhat2!
can i borrow it ?
please...............
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