partitioning hd

[Janina Sajka]

There's advice on partitioning in the installation HOWTO for the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution. Find this document at:

	http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html


Jason Symes writes:
> From: Jason Symes <jsymes at netins.net>
> 
> Hi all.
> I'm now ready to install redhat 7.3 on my pc, but I've got a couple
> partitioning questions. I've gotten my hands on a copy of partition magic
> to adjust my hd's partitions. I want to install linux separate from my
> windows partition, and I've already isolated windows in its own separate
> partition. Looking over some of the redhat docs, it seems I should make 2
> partitions for redhat, 1 for the root and 1 for the swap. Is this correct,
> and what would good sizes be for these partitions?
> Thanks a bunch.
> 
> Jason Symes
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