HD Install :: clearing partitions

I am using cfdisk on my dsl cd to clear partitions previously created by Fedora Core 2 on my computer (I want to get rid of FC2 and do a hd intall of dsl). I have created a primary partition, hda1, using all my hd space (3g). Now the prompt says to toggle the bootable flag of current partition. Do I want this partition to be bootable? (very newbie here!)

Sina

If I understand correctly, this is what you are doing.

You want to completely remove everything from your hard disk and install only DSL. If this is correct you will need a bootable partition and this is your only partition, so yes you need to make it bootable. You may want to consider a swap partition, especially if you don't have a lot of RAM.

David

I don't think I need a swap partition - I have plenty of ram, having just added another 128 MB. Is there a way to tell on dsl, the total amt of ram? I upgraded it a few years ago, and can't remember how much I put on it that time.

Sina

and thanks for your answer on the bootable partition

The "free" command should tell you how much ram you have, and how much is in use/cached

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