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Topic: How to partition a clean hd, first timer

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avenger

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Posted: July 19 2005,04:06

I have a p-3 599mb processor, 512 mb of ram 10 gig clean hd what kind of partitions do I need to create as DSL will be the only os. The hd has been swiped and there's no os files on it . Any help would be appreciated.

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Posted: July 19 2005,16:14

From the documentation project:

Hard Drive Install

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Posted: July 20 2005,15:22

I'm sure you like that link above, and all the reading...

The short of it... To partition a hard drive from DSL Desktop, click on the Terminal icon. At the prompt enter sudo fdisk

A few of the important commands you will use:
m - help screen
n - make a new partition
a - make partition active
t - type of file system
d - delete a partition
w - write partition table to disk

Try this:
sudo fdisk
p
(If you see any partition, then stuff is on the HDD)

(assuming no data on HDD...)
n
(asks you e or p)
p (primary)
(asks you partition number)
1 (first)
(asks you start cylinder, or <CR> for default)
<CR>
(asks you stop cylinder or size, or <CR> for default)
+500M (for example, 500MB for swap)
t
(asks you hex code - type L to see the list)
82 (linux swap)

... now, do the root partition (p,2,???,t,83)

If you don't like what you see, "d" to delete the partitions.
When you are ready to make your choices final, use the 'w' command to write the table to HDD.

Or, read all the information in the link from the previous post.

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F4AF
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Posted: July 20 2005,16:49

i am trying to install to my hd and i tryed using the steps above i get to cfdisk and cant figure out how to make a partion. can any one help me with this?