net_benjo
08-31-2004, 02:49 PM
Hi all,
I'm very new to linux...been using it for about a month now...
I have 2 questions...I've tried looking for answers but still a bit unclear.
1) Say I want Knoppix and Suse on my second hard drive. Half for one and half for the other.
Before i do anything i know i must partition the drive...so, as a newb i do the following
hdb1 32M boot partition
hdb2 500M linux swap
hdb3 40G linux (for Suse root )
hdb4 40G linux (for Knoppix root)
Will this work and would an experienced linux user have done the same.
How can 2 distros share have common boot partition?
2) I've had konppix as a single installationa and my question is about apt-get...
i like nano editor so i figure I'll just do the following:
#apt-get install nano
I get an error message in german! so I can't even figure out what i'm doing wrong....I've checked my etc/apt/sources.list file that it has some mirrors in it.. I didn't add any mirrros I'm just going with default ones..
from everything i've read about apt-get....the above should work....
any help on the 2 questions is appreciated
cheers,
B
I'm very new to linux...been using it for about a month now...
I have 2 questions...I've tried looking for answers but still a bit unclear.
1) Say I want Knoppix and Suse on my second hard drive. Half for one and half for the other.
Before i do anything i know i must partition the drive...so, as a newb i do the following
hdb1 32M boot partition
hdb2 500M linux swap
hdb3 40G linux (for Suse root )
hdb4 40G linux (for Knoppix root)
Will this work and would an experienced linux user have done the same.
How can 2 distros share have common boot partition?
2) I've had konppix as a single installationa and my question is about apt-get...
i like nano editor so i figure I'll just do the following:
#apt-get install nano
I get an error message in german! so I can't even figure out what i'm doing wrong....I've checked my etc/apt/sources.list file that it has some mirrors in it.. I didn't add any mirrros I'm just going with default ones..
from everything i've read about apt-get....the above should work....
any help on the 2 questions is appreciated
cheers,
B