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Article #2191Re: Installing Linux
From: Marc Deschambault
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 00:00
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LOL there IS.. ONE thing, that I REALLY have to correct you on! hahahah.... ok.. "SWAMP" as you keep saying it, is in fact "SWAP" it is called a SWAP FILE...... S-W-A-P! lol... not "swamp" :) "Paul Tas" <paultas@zonnet.nl> wrote in message news:eRcn4.1287$Bl1.21588@zonnet-reader-1... > Why do every one use Partition Magic*.* if Linux has it's own fdisk to use > it and it's not that bad to use here's how it works if you want to know how > it works (If I'm wrong please corrct me :) ) > > first start linux installation from the cdrom/floppy later on it will ask > you where to install the partition for the linux and swamp patition. > > Then edit it and you will be in the fdisk off linux > > There you will be able to patition the hdd to what you want it to be just > remember that you have to set the swamp to 128 mb ( It can be smaller than > 128 but not bigger ) if you don't know how to install Linux with out a > swamp. > > Ok now how do you use it here's how: > > type "p" to see what is the patition's on your hdd. > type "d" to delete a patition that you don't want. > type "n" to add a partition to the hdd. > type "t" to set the patition off the linux and off the swap. > for the linux it is 83 and for the swap it is 82 ( I may be wrong but it is > that two well one off the two that is) > > then you type "w" to write it and exit it and then you have to set the > patition actief with a "\" then you are set to install linux on a hdd with > dif patitions > > I hope I got it write if I didn't please let me know I just hope that this > will solf all the installation problem's for people. > > Regards > Paul M Tas > > Live for Linux Linux will Live for you!!!! > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,b1a98a5f595b16f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: "Marc Deschambault" <marc@primus.ca> Subject: Re: Installing Linux Date: 2000/02/06 Message-ID: <Diln4.294$kB1.5475@news2.tor.primus.ca> X-Deja-AN: 582383267 References: <eRcn4.1287$Bl1.21588@zonnet-reader-1> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: news@primus.ca X-Trace: news2.tor.primus.ca 949870883 216.95.148.121 (Sun, 06 Feb 2000 16:01:23 EST) Organization: Primus Canada X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 16:01:23 EST Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux