Disk partitioning and swap

[gaf at mediaone.net (Jerry Feldman)]

On 3 Apr 99, at 22:50, Mike Bilow <mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net> wrote:

> I've never been able to figure out Disk Druid, either, and I don't
> consider myself a novice.  When the guys writing the device drivers can't
> operate the partitioning tool, there's something wrong.  
Yes, totally agree here. 
> Debian 2.1 is not significantly different from 2.0 in the installation
> procedure.  While Debian's installation front-end is not very friendly,
> almost anyone should be able to get a reasonable result by taking all of
> the defaults.
There should be a new, faster package manager. I downloaded 2.1, but 
have not installed it. I am currently installing Windows98 on my wife's 
system, and it is a real pain. I have a 10MB hard drive and I am doing a 
clean install. I would love to get her onto Linux, but there is little chance. 
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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting
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