Please Help! I beg you!

[teknogod]

Hello. Its me again. I am really screwed. I have to re-install my system again http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

Why? you ask. Well because i screwed up on the partition part. I need help with the following questions:

1.How much partitions i need?
2.How much swap space is necesary for a 1.2Gb hd, 200Mhz and 128Mb Ram?
3.What should i install? Libraries etc..
Note: I want my computer for imaging,internet and harmless hacking?
4.I have RedHat 6.0. What should i upgrade?

My current system info:
hda1 / 350MB , 188MB used
hda5 /usr 458MB , 415MB Used
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Please help me!!!! I beg u all. I want to do things right. Thankx

[Zoist]

You need a native /
For 128 MB ram, make it 256 MB swap.
Boot partition about 16 MB /boot

I personally would upgrade to RH 6.2.
If you're not using servers, don't install any servers.
Install the GUI you want to use.

[teknogod]

How do i upgrade to RH 6.2?
Ok the partitions i need are:
hda1 / 928MB
hda? /boot 16mb
had? swap 256MB

Total 1.2GB
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Ok thats good! Thanks for the Fast reply!

Another question. When i complie software, where is it complied?
Example:
#cd glib-1.2.8
#./configure
#make <--- is this where the app gets complied?
#make install

is the complied app stored in the directory where i execute the make binarie?

Thaknx Again!

[star]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zoist:
You need a native [b]/
For 128 MB ram, make it 256 MB swap.
Boot partition about 16 MB /boot

I thought the Maximum swap is supposed to be twice your ram till a maximum of 128!!! Isn't it wright?

[bugfix]

Originally posted by star:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zoist:
You need a native [b]/
For 128 MB ram, make it 256 MB swap.
Boot partition about 16 MB /boot

I thought the Maximum swap is supposed to be twice your ram till a maximum of 128!!! Isn't it wright?

Its a matter of opinion, but common thought states that its twice RAM size. The swap space used to be a maximum of 128 Meg's per partition but that was resolved in later kernels, maybe that was the reason behind the arugment.

[Pleiades]

Might be an idea to change your User Name http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif

[TechGuy]

You should go get RH 7. I got it and installed Linux the first try. It's not that hard if you have a clue about partitions and even if you don't you can let it do it for you. I don't know anything yet about Linux except that RH7 went in very easy and use KPPP to set up your internet acct. It's cake. Now I'm trying to do the more involved stuff like get my web cam to work etc...

[cs25x]

with 128M you need no swap at all.
Maybe an 8M swap file or 800K just to
give you a warm fuzzy feeling.

1.2G is probably a bit small for imaging,
esp if you drop rh onto it.

I am serious about the swap space, chances are you will never ever see it being used and you can use that to hold your system.

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[mdwatts]

If you HD is primary/master, and you are using the whole drive for Linux, why not just create '/' and 128MB swap. You will not really need the /boot partition as it will reside on '/'.

I always just use the two.