> > OK guys (girls maybe too) > > Reading the mails I learned a lot about Debian (I'm just switching from = > RedHat 5.1due to lack of support for MCA PC's. This RedHat version only = > runs with a Debian! kernel in DOS completed with LOADLIN. The Debian = > version however uses the MCA-architecture perfectly!) > > Question: > What is the best partition scheme if you only have 500Mb to spare and want = > to develop in C (C++). I'm asking this because after several attempts I do = > have a running a Debian Linux system but every time I found out that a lot = > of packages are de-installed again (60-70, reported by dselect and not = > re-installable again). This de-installation includes 'info' and 'man'-pages= > , and man-pages will come at hand, now and then.....
The best partition scheme if you are short on space is 1) a swap partition (depends a bit on your main memory, since you're short on disk, I'd say 32-64 MB) 2) a '/' partition That's it. This offers you the most flexibility to divide your disk between data and programs. Personally I only start thinking about more partions if I have considerably more than 2 GB. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
