gagnonrchrd@netscape.net writes:

>I am interested in partitioning a couple 80gb hdds and I need some
>guidance. This will be a first for me. I have Partion Magic but trying

For what? Partition Magic is a tool. You have to know what you want first.
What do you want? What are you partitioning for? Is this a new disk or a
disk with information you want to save?

>to use it brought up more questions that I could not answer. I tried

Like what kinds of questions? You will probably need the answer to those
questions no matter which tool you use.

>qtparted that is with Linspire 5.0.347 live cd but I need some kind of
>step procedure explanation. There are no helps using the live cd. I
>was doing something wrong so qtparted did not work for me, not knowing
>the proper steps to accomplish partitioning. This will be on a Linux
>only box, No widows or gates.

Most distributions already have a partitioning tool as part of the
installation. If this is a new disk, just use that. And if in doubt use the
default.

Myself I like 1 1GB partition for /, one for /usr, and the rest for whatever,
to include /usr/local/ and /home

But opinions vary. I like to have / and /usr as separate partions ( could
be all one) so I can reinstall (ratehr than upgrade) easily. (everything
local I put in the /usr/local or /home and system is in / or /usr, and I
can wipe those.
You could have just one 5 or 6 GB / partition which includes /usr)



>I have Linspire 5.0.347, Ubuntu 5.10, Kubuntu 5.10, Suse 10.0, and a
>couple others to try.

You want to try them all at once? Serially? What?


>I am a visual learner, that is screen
>shots with text type of explanation. Quite a few sites I found get
>very technical as I have noticed that most of Linux leans in the
>direction of tech types and not average 98 or xp users. Can someone
>refer me to a pdf type file? I was thinking of the Dummies series
>books and there is one for Linux but I am not crazy about the author's
>style of writing. I do not care to be a slave to forums so if I can
>find the type of information I need, I can solve this issue eventually
>by myself.

>Thank you.

>Richard