[Django]

Hi ,

I am going to install Mandriva on my old pc. I downloaded the .iso files and created the CD. But I am little bit confused abt the partitioning the disk. I googled but found it rather confusing?...What all I need besides / and /home. Some say only these two are sufficient and some say /usr /tmp are also required....

I am new to linux and will appreciate any help

Thanks
Django....

[brendandonhu]

Mandrake will do this for you automatically, unless you have some special need for the partitions.
It will give you the options of Resizing your existing Windows partition, Repartitioning the whole hard drive for Mandriva, or doing Custom Partitions.

[Django]

Thanks brendandonhu for the fast reply....

In one of the old post in the forum I saw one person doing a Fat partion also so that he could move files from XP. Is this really required?..because I read that this u can do using Samba.

[brendandonhu]

Depends what you're trying to do.
Is there data from Windows on that hard drive that you want to save? Or do you just want to mount Windows file shares over the network?

[Django]

No there won't be any data on the HD...

But I would like to transfer data with my Win2K pc....

[brendandonhu]

You don't need to change the partitions then.

If your W2k computer is using Windows file sharing, you can use Samba to connect to it.

[Django]

Thanks...will be back soon with more questions once I install it....

Bye..
Django

[brendandonhu]

You're welcome

[Django]

Is it possible for me to copy files from windows to my mandrake pc and back???....

Using SMB4K I am able to map and mount folders between windows and Linux PCs. But don't know how to transfer files from one to another.....

I got windows XP with NTFS portion...after doing some googling I think its not possible to write from Linux to Windows NTFS....

Can I copy files from Windows to Linux???.....

Thanks

[saikee]

Yes and they will be stored in the filing format of the destination partition.

Linux does not write on a NTFS partition. There are experimental programs that claim to do it.

[disconnect]

NTFS is read-only when mounted localy. Network share is writable... with propper settings...

[Django]

Thanks...

How can I do this...In linux I have created a directory with full permission for everyone...This I can access from windows and see the contents....What other settings I need to copy files to the linux PC...

My Linux distro is Mandriva 2005LE...