10-02-2012
Ok so Swap is the equivalant to Cache for Windows? Very well explained about the mounting makes much better sense now. Ok as far as the hard drive. I finally was able to get rid of all the partition and now the whole disk is unallocated. Im ready to try another install. Just want to clarify a few things. Book says to create a partition for the / one for the swap and an optional one for /boot. Being the LiveMedia cd is 650mb would a 2gb partition be enough. I know with windows I would create a OS partition with plenty of extra room for upgrades and updates and then install all other non-OS programs on a seperate partition. The book recommends 500mb for the /boot partition. Does this partition contain the bootloader and default system settings and is 500mb large enough to handle any changes. Lastly / partition, is this partition automatically where the UNIX OS installs. I have looked alot of this up on the net and seem to get alot of mixed testimonies. Thanks again
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