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I have a mult-boot OS machine: Win98, WinNT, Free BSD and Mandrake
Linux.  Linux is definitely the black sheep.  The installation program
didn't work at all.  I think it has problems with large drives and I
know what I am doing.  I still have to load the linux kernel from
windows.  FreeBSD is light years ahead in my book - very robust
installation program.  Since FreeBSD runs many of the world's busiest
web sites (Yahoo, CDROM.com) its stability presumably can't be matched.

Don't confuse yourself with all of the directories:
/usr - most everything except boot time stuff
       on a single user system.
/var - mail, and logs.  Stuff that changes daily.
/home - user specific stuff.

I recommend going with one or two mount points: / or / and /usr.

The difference between /usr and /usr/local is not all that important.
It is like /usr is for all of the standard programs that are the same
across all of your machines and /usr/local is for stuff specific to
your machine.  OR, if you prefer, /usr contains standard operating
system stuff and /usr/local is more third party applications.  You may
also see a /opt that is for third party applications.  In a real
company you would have a separate mount point for each of your serious
applications:

/sys_apps/finance
/sys_apps/reporting

Cheers
Sean

In article <87fel3$t5c$1@news1.mpx.com.au>,
  "jay" <jneff@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Dump corel, if you need to use it you will never learn how to use
linux
> properly, it like all corel apps. take over everything and for that
reason
> it should be shund and not reconised. as for loading two or more I'm
working
> on it my self.
> Stefan Smets <Stefan.Smets@advalvas.be> wrote in message
> news:bgnm4.33$G14.395@news-brussels.gip.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm just a beginner in Linux, and I'm trying to find my way with
RedHat
> > Linux and Corel Linux (Corel because it seems to setup very easy,
and
> RedHat
> > to learn a bit more).
> > What I'm trying to do is having Windows 98 (for some applications I
can't
> > miss yet), Corel Linux and RedHat together on my PC, booting with
> BootMagic
> > (from PowerQuest, comes with PartitionMagic)
> >
> > After installing Corel Linux, my RedHat doesn't work anymore (Kernel
> Panic),
> > and Corel Linux always starts with a kind of bootmanager; I'd like
to use
> > BootMagic for that, but each time I go into Windows and set
BootMagic
> > active, I can't boot Corel Linux anymore ... Any idea's how to do
this ?
> >
> > Another question: how do I arrange my partitions best ? For now,
It's like
> > this:
> >
> > 1. Linux Exf2 (Corel Linux) 1GB
> > 2. Linux Exf2 (RedHat Linux) 1GB
> > 3. Windows Fat32 (5GB)
> > and then I have 15GB left. Should I put some directories on a
separate
> > partition (/home, /var, /usr, /usr/local) ? I don't even know what
the
> > difference between these is or what their purpose is ... If
somebody could
> > explain, I would be very grateful ..
> > Can Corel Linux and RedHat Linux share that kind of partitions (or
other
> > partitions, or should I set them hidden in BootMagic ?)
> > I also would set another Fat32 partition, to put data on that
should be
> > accessible from Windows and Linux (I thought to put that one last).
> >
> > Thanks for any help and/or suggestions,
> >
> > Stefan.
> >
> >
>
>

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