Mandrake Configuration how do I partition

[mit99mh]

I'm very new to Linux and have just installed Mandrake - I saved some files in my user directory but then had to re-install losing the work I had done. What is the best approach to setting up Linux with respect to partitions and how do I have for example the OS in one partition (so can I upgrade) and all the user files in another - sorry if this is a very basic question

Any help much appreciated.

 

[nwardez]

Hi,

You can have a look at

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition/

to get some basics about *nix disk partitionning