Hi,

I have run slackware for quiet a while, without any problems.

Now, i had to do something in windows, and "smart windows" detected that the linux drive was "corrupted" or something and destroyed it.

I now want to reinstall slackware, after setting up the partition.

I am not exactly sure how the partitioning works: I know that you have (should) have a partition for the installation and the user's /homes/, even though they could somehow be speard across multiple partitions or drives. I know that most linux drives have a "swap" partition, which i am not sure about. I don't know what the swap partition is used for and how big it should be.

So basically, i am asking:
"How do i set up the partitions on a harddrive dedicated to linux?" and "What is a swap partition and how big should it be?"

Thanks!!

Answers to those questions and more can be found in the Linux Partition HowTo: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...Partition.html

If you’re starting from scratch, then you should also look through the LMV HowTo: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...LVM-HOWTO.html