From: trix@krypton.mankato.msus.edu (Dustin B Rogne) Subject: FAQ questions Date: 8 Jan 1993 04:25:06 GMT
comp.os.linux
Help please.
My questions are: (NOTE: these come from reading the FAQ)
1. What is an extended partition? What kind and how big should I make it
for a great, but conservative linux setup? Should I make two partiions
for the swap drive also?
> Mount each of the disks in turn and run the install script on each
> of them.
2. What is the mount command to do this?
> QUESTION: I have the previous Linux version, how can I upgrade it?
3. Can you just get the most recent linux code, compile it, and not have to
get the full SLS release aagain. (ALL the old programs will work?)
> QUESTION: How can I be sure I won't be writing over anything important? I
> have to use DOS on my machine, and I don't want to lose any files.
>
> ANSWER: Back up everything. Just in case. Then, write some easily
> recognizable pattern to the partition you have reserved for linux, using
> some DOS tool. You can then use "cat /dev/hdX" under linux to examine
> which of the partitions you used.
4. I have no comprehension of what and why this was put in the FAQ?
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