Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 i'm a pure noob Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 why can't anyone help me? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
K3EnU Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 you need a linux swap partition , like the double of the ram size you have and a linux ext2 or ext3 partition of the size you wish to have to store your files Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 you didn't even wait 20 minuets for a reply before you replied to your own thread. For shame. You're also not really telling us much of what you are trying to do. By the looks of it you have some sort of partitioning program open. Yes, those Linux partitions are really linus partitions. You can't read into a linux partition from windows. You can read only from an NTFS patition for Linux (well, write is still experimental i beleive). You can read/write from a fat32 from Linux. What else are you wanting to know? [Edit] If you were wondering how to setup a dual boot system checkout: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/R...h-dualboot.html [/Edit] Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 to install mepis i want to know what format i should use for it's partition as for swapping, i'll do that later ext2 or ext3 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Linux Swap is what you're needing. ext2 and ext3 are your filesystem. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadsoft Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 the most basic linux partitioning scheme is usually like this: <partition> <size> <type> /boot 10 - 30mb Ext2 / Remaining space Ext2 or Ext3 swap Double your ram Swap Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 can i make unallocated 15 gigs and let mepis do it all? or just give 15 gigs ext 2 and let the setup do the rest? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 in other words will this be ok? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2549970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 hello? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 You need (lets say you have 512mb of ram) a swap drive behind that ext2 partition. You could make like 1gb swap, or even less. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted July 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 24, 2004 I normally do this 100mb for /boot (ext2) 512mb for swap The rest for / (ext3) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 will the setup do that for me? or do i have to do all the partitions manually? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 is "the rest" logical or primary Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 so like this? and the setup will take it from there? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Here's a good guide http://jetblackz.freeprohost.com/PartitioningHardDisks.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted July 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 24, 2004 slimy said: is "the rest" logical or primary I put / and /boot as primary Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 hadiz said: Here's a good guidehttp://jetblackz.freeprohost.com/PartitioningHardDisks.html that's not for linux all i want to know is what i have in the last screenie is good enough Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 ok, made both primary is this ok now? will i be able to install mepis after these partitions are created? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 slimy said: that's not for linuxall i want to know is what i have in the last screenie is good enough Uh, yeah it is :huh: It's for a dual boot setup Quote For a 80 gig hard disk [ 10 - FAT32 ][ 10 - NTFS ] [ 10 - ext2 ] [( 10 - ext2 )( .256 - swap )( 39.7 - FAT32 )] The FAT32 is to share data between Linux and windows, the NTFS is to install 2000/XP, and the other partitions are for linux. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 hadiz said: Uh, yeah it is :huh:It's for a dual boot setup The FAT32 is to share data between Linux and windows, the NTFS is to install 2000/XP, and the other partitions are for linux. oh i'm sorry is what i have good enough? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 where is the boot part for the 40 gig drive? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 all i want to know is ext2 or ext3? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2550717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 slimy said: all i want to know is ext2 or ext3? Ext3. I'd even do reiserfs for your / partition (you can do this in the setup if PM doesn't give you the option). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/194349-linux-partition-format/#findComment-2551049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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