Fedora 3 Newboe
Juan Shen
orion_val at 163.com
Thu Dec 16 01:21:28 UTC 2004
From the Unix guys suggestion, swap partition or /boot partition should
put first (near the center of HD). Then /tmp an /var partition and /
partition ( a large slice ) the last one.
As to now, I recognize it is a good suggestion for Linux guys
referencing. Depart /tmp and /var from /.
Juan Shen
Gustavo Seabra wrote:
> Juan Shen wrote:
>
>> Wayne Leutwyler wrote:
>>
>>> Al Constable wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a computer running a Pentium II CPU and I want to dedicate
>>>> it to the Fedora 3 OS. The HD will be reformatted (since it has
>>>> been running Windows 98). I will not run Windows on this box in the
>>>> future. From E-Bay I bought the 5 CD Fedora 3 set. It is coming
>>>> in the mail. When it arrives what are my first steps for
>>>> installation?
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know someone in Fresno, CA who I can talk with about
>>>> Fedora 3?
>>>>
>>>> Al C
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Start here friend: http://www.fedorafaq.org/
>>>
>>> Also look at the list archive:
>>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
>>>
>>> You will find many answers to common issues and problems in both
>>> those links.
>>>
>>> Welcome to Fedora Core 3 and Linux hope you enjoy the ride.
>>>
>> Take it easy, Fedora Core 3 is quite easy to install, especially on
>> a clean machine -- no data on HD. hehe
>> Juan Shen
>>
> From one rookie to another:
>
> During installation, Fedora will suggest you a partition scheme for
> the HD. Accept that.
>
> I thought I was smarter and could do the partitions by myself. Fedora
> suggests a scheme based on LVM, which I thought "I have just one HD,
> so I don't need it..." - big mistake! It turns out that LVM is useful
> even for single HD machines. I made a mistake when choosing partition
> sizes, and there was no easy way to correct it. With the suggested
> scheme you should have better control of your partitions even after
> the install.
>
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