I finished installing the system. I got all the
partitions working after having to use expert mode in
fdisk. I then jumped back into the debian curses
install and it went right on to the next step, no
problems. That is a very robust installer. As of
right now I am booting from floppy until I get pppd up
and running so I can download GRUB and installed.
Apt-get looks great and seems like it will make the
transition form FreeBSD ports very easy.
Ian
I look forward to the day that I can offer helpful
advice to other users. Thanks for the quick
responses.
--- kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:09:56AM -0800, Ian Thomas
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I have a copy of Debian 2.1 Slink that I am
> trying
> > to install to a second harddrive.
> >
> > I just recently found out on a website that
> cfdisk
> > cannot create extended partitions. I attempted to
> do
> > this when I was installing by changing the
> partition
> > type to extended, but when it wrote the table it
> still
> > had them listed as linux native. This is what I
> want
> > to do..
> >
> > hdb1 (this is already my freebsd swap partition)
> > hdb2 /boot (this will be a primary partition)
> > hdb3 (extended partition containing logical
> slices)
> > hdb5 /
> > hdb6 /var
> > hdb7 /tmp
> > hdb8 /home
> > hdb9 /usr
> >
> > My swap space will go on my third drive. I
> > thought about just doing Alt-Ctrl-F2 to get a
> prompt,
> > run fdisk and create the partition table that way,
> > then continue with the curses based install. Is
> that
> > correct? Also I have read that linux cannot boot
> from
> > an extended partition, is this true? If not I can
> put
> > all of the slices in one exteneded partition. If
> I am
> > using the wrong terminology it is because I have
> only
> > really used BSD's and am used to disklabel.
>
> There are several HOWTOs addressing partitioning
> issues, including some
> thoughts on arranging partitions across one or more
> disks for optimal
> performance (unless you're doing high-end processing
> you'll likely not
> notice).
>
> I've compiled my own notes at
>
>
>
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html
>
> ...regarding suggested sizes.
>
> Your thoughts on switching to a shell during the
> install process and
> creating your partitions is a good method. I
> believe recent Debian
> installs also provide the option to run a
> partitioning utility during
> the installation process.
>
> --
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
> What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
> There is no K5 cabal
> http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.kuro5hin.org
>
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