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Greg wrote:

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> hello list,

> I've been lurking since I decided to install demudi on my xp system.

> So far I've cooked my XP install twice in the process...  I've checked

> FAQs and other guides and no luck yet. Here's what I'm doing.

> demudi 1.2.0 iso, using the default installer

> I run  linux26 dmraid (SATA drive)

> partitioning:

> 15gb XP ntfs

> 2.5gb linux swap (aside: is this too big or should i go by the 1.5x

> rule and do 3?  I have 2 gigs of ram)

> 4gb "  /  " partition

> 150gb "/home" partition

> everything but the xp partition is a "logical" partition.

> Now, I want to be able to keep XP's MBR intact.  The first install i

> totally goofed.  The next time I tried to get it to install GRUB to a

> floppy, I couldn't figure out if I should use /dev/fd1 or /floppy or

> what and it just hung.  Now I've read that once everything's groovy

> it's not too complicated to make a linux boot instruction to add in

> xp's boot.ini, but I need to get this up in the first place.

> So...

> 1. are these good partition sizes?

> 2. is there a good install guide that talks about using the default installer?

> 3. is there a better way to install demudi / how can I do what I'm trying to do?

> thanks hope this is list-appropriate etc.

>

>

>

Hi

1:) I run demudi but *not* with a full gnome or kde installation. Disk

usage for "/"  is 6.1GB

All program and library packages live under "/" as well as the system

stuff therefore you should allow at least 20GB to give room for new

programs and updates especially if you want full gnome and kde install
2&3:) If you haven't already checked it out have a look at:
http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/InstallCdRom
or
http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/InstallApt
Also Demudi 1.2.1 is very near release, most of the users on the demudi

list (http://lists.agnula.org/mailman/listinfo/users) are running 1.2.1.

If you want the cdrom image it is here:
http://download.agnula.org/1.2/1.2.1/
as well as some info about it (README*)

robin