Re: How to install Redhat 9 ?

[NfoCipher <nfocipher chickenware com>]

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 02:04, yfs us wrote:
> Hi  NfoCipher,
> 
>       Thanks 4 your reply. How to create a swap
> partition ? My ram is 320
> Mb,
You could get away with a 500 meg swap partition.

> Another thing is the swap partition
> should be in ext3
> file system ?
There's a drop down menu in the install to select file type: swap

> Than I just make a ext3 partition on the rest of the
> freespace?
>       Can these be done using the Redhat installation
> CD disc1 ? Or I need
> to used the
> Partition Magic ? Can I just used Partition Magic to
> convert the vfat
> partition to ext3 and
> reboot using the Redhat installation disc 1. If there
> is a ext3 partition ,
> will the swap file
> be created by itself or I still need to manually
> create it ?
You're thinking too hard, if you've already got the partition cleared
off, just put in cd 1 and go for it.

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