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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've not been following this thread, but the simple
answer is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you have a large hard drive like more than 2 gb
than use most of the disk for the root partition, and leave 128mb for a swap
partition. The root partition should be of type ext2 (or reiser or ext3 if
you are running a new distribution and are feeling adventurous), and the swap
should be of type linux swap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If your hard drive is so small that you can't spare
128mb then have twice as much swap as you have real ram. So that if you
have 16mb ram and 800mb hard drive then you may have 768mb linux native and 32mb
linux swap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a rushed explanation, and my personal
preference. There are entire articles based on how to partition a hard
drive, and i'd be surprised if nobody replies to this email telling me I'm
wrong!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps you in some way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Saqib</FONT></DIV>
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