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Hi,

I have two harddisks, primary is 2GB with NT, secondary is 6GB
partitioned into two partitions of equal size each. On the
secondary partition is linux, which I want to re-install.

1. I have partition Magic, can I use it to allocate 5GB for linux and
1Gb
for windows in the second disk without loosing data?

2. I propose to partition as follows:
/
/home
/boot
/usr
/tmp
swap
(Any more! pl recommend..)
But I understand that there can be just four partitions. How does one do
a
extended and logical partitioning? Does Partition Magic (v3.0) take care
of
all these stuff......

(When done during installation,how  to name these partitions and do
it..)

4. Should I make symbollic links. If so, to which directors and when to
do
it.. ( /opt to /usr/opt)
BTW: I have a RH6.1

5. Does these directories auto mount....!
6. What is the recommended size allotment for these
partitions mentioned above?

I have a 32MB ram, pentium 166 machine with NT on the primary hard
disk..
(2GB) and this is the second hard disk..

Thanks in advance,
Karthik

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ie...   I have a dual boot system though I very rarely use M$ any more.
        I have the list of partitions shown below.

        /windows        # 2 GB
        /               #root
        /home/ftp/pub
        /usr
        /home
        /usr/src
        /usr/local
        /tmp
        /var
        and of course swap

This setup is on a 9.1 GB drive.

David          
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