> installing linux for the first time - was wondering if anyone has had > any experience w/ partition magic. i used it to partition 6 Mb for my > current C: (windows98) and 4Mb of free space intended for debian. do i > need the free space partition to be labeled linux ext2? what about > creating a swap partition - anything special i need to do to create one?
>From this point, just install Debian. During the installation, "cfdisk" will >appear. Use it to create the partitions you need in the free space you >created. It will create the ext2 (82) filesystem for you. It will also allow >you to create the swap (83) partition. ( You could use Partition Magic to do this, but it is not necessary) Cheers, Howard Mann.
