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Article #3552Re: hard drive space and what to run??
From: Holden Karau
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00
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There is no point in installing different versions of Linux . PS Does Any one know where I can download metrox ? -- PCFC Pigs Can Fly Computing pcfc@pcfc.freeservers.com phone:(613) 7224945 Terry Dixon <terryj@ican.net> wrote in message news:374DF88B.77D3A4A4@ican.net... > Hi all > I am going to start Learning Linux. I have 1.4 gig left on my hard > drive and am running win.98. I have a 6 CD rom set with Redhat, SuSe, > Debian, Slackware 3.6,Apache and XFree86(X-Windows). How much hard drive > space do I auctally need for each application? The manual says 250meg to > 350meg per application. I would like to partition my hard drive to be > able to put two or three of the different versions on to learn. Is this > possible? If so what would you recommend the partition size would be and > what version of linux would be a good one to start learning. I have > Partition Magic to do my hard drive with. Would appreciate any comments, > advice, suggestions anyone has to offer. > Thank You > Terry
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