ok... because the document section is down for repair... i'll tell you how i partion me disk... using QTparted...

ok, once its open... all you really want is to make 2 or 3 partions... now... because your drive is an old drive, make a 10Mb partion, and place it at the top of the list... this stops that 1000Cylider error or what ever its called... very helpful partion too....

then make a second partion, this partion is going to be your swap drive... some of the people on this forum say place the swap drive closest to the middle (not passed the 10Mb one), others say have it at the end... me opinion... i really dont care where it goes... now a good size for a swap partion, either 225Mb-500Mb... or double what you have with ram... if you have more then 500Mb of ram... then dont worry about a big swap drive.

To make that partion a swap partion, you have to right hand click on that partion, and godown to format... then a new form will pop up, and in the partion type, click on it and go down to swap partion... then click ok

Next, get the remaining free space, and make it into a linux partion...once again, right hand click on it and in the partion type choose ext3, or linux partion... an ext3 partion i think is the best...

After all that... click on file... and goto commit... then you can quit the program after all is done...



to tell you the truth i usually dont use QTParted... i use a program i got with me Debian DVD, and its more dos'ed based, but it has alot more freedom, but might be a bit harder because you wont be able to see the partions (figure of speech)...