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Hi, I have a 40GB hard disk, i would like to install linux in it. How can i partition the usable space into partitions?.(like c drive,d drive etc) thanks dsp....
  1. 12-13-2006 #1
    mailsrinu28
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    Partitions in linux

    Hi,
    I have a 40GB hard disk, i would like to install linux in it.
    How can i partition the usable space into partitions?.(like c drive,d drive etc)
    thanks
    dsp.
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    do you have unpartition space on your 40gb hardisk? if not you have to make one, if it's still empty then leave it be unpartition, coz you can partition your harddrive when installing linux.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mailsrinu28
    Hi,
    I have a 40GB hard disk, i would like to install linux in it.
    How can i partition the usable space into partitions?.(like c drive,d drive etc)
    thanks
    dsp.
    Linux doesn't assign drive letters like windows.
    is there any other OS installed in Harddisk? which Linux distribution you are planning to install?







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    Linux doesn't assign drive letters like windows.
    is there any other OS installed in Harddisk? which Linux distribution you are planning to install?

    Hi,
    I have installed only linux,iam using red hat linux.
    similar to windows is there any way that i save all files in other drive even if C: drive fails.
    i not expecting the way windows do,all i wamt to know is "Is it possible to create partitions in linux for backup storage"
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    yes ! you can create as many partitions as you like. by default, RedHat/Fedora creates three partitions. /boot ( 102MB ), SWAP ( 2x of RAM but 750 MB is enough ) and / (root, rest fo disk space, 6-9GB minimum ).
    during installation, create these partitions manually /boot and / in ext3 format and SWAP as linux-swap. leave rest of space free. you can create Partitions for backup later on, after installation.






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  6. 12-15-2006 #6
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    I think following url will help you out:

    http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/
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    Quote Originally Posted by weknowtheworld
    I think following url will help you out:

    http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/

    Thanks for the link, it's very helpful for newbies like me.
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