On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:11:50 -0500, Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adress wrote:

>
> "Mo" wrote in message
> news:5edf837c.0405111907.35859b71@posting.google.c om...
>> I am trying to install Fedora on a 2.1 and 1gb hard drive. I am
>> trying to do a custom install with Gnome, most of the server packages,
>> most of the office productivity packages, and some of the publishing
>> and graphics packages. The total size the installer thinks it needs
>> to install is around 2 gigs. I have 3 gigs of space among two hard
>> drives... How should I partition the drive to get it all on there.
>> Any ideas or recommendations (besides get a bigger hard drive)?
>
> Mo;
>
> You answered your own question: NO. Leave the drive as a single partition
> and hope all you want will fit. Doubtful IMHO that you will be happy.
>
> Doug

I'd pretty much agree, though you might want to create a 500mb /home
partition to keep your personal settings in case you reinstall or fubar
the system. A basic Gnome install with OOo, and the Gimp, but with no
developer packages is going to run just shy of a gig if my memory serves
me right.

You'll of course, also have to create a swap partition, this is mandatory.
It should be about the same size as your ram. Since you're pressed for
space perhaps you could do a bit less, for example; if you had 256 mb of
ram, you could survive with 128mb of swap.

Good luck and really, save your pennies for a cheap new drive--put an ad
in the paper and offer to bake a dozen cookies in exchange for a slightly
used 20 gigger--you'd be surprised!

btw: I used to dual boot Suse and Win98 on a 3gigger, so it's not going to
be a huge pain, just keep your package selection tight.