Craig,
I don't know if this will help you any, but a couple nights ago at a local
Linux meeting (STL, MO) they were discussing some problems using Disk Druid
to handle the partitioning. One of the items discussed was the install
attempting on the swap partition instead of the main partition, producing an
out of space condition. The conclusion was to manually create the partitions
using fdisk or a partitioning program instead of using Disk Druid. Also, it
worked best to completely blow out the partitions (which would take
everything with it) so that a reinstall starts completely clean. Since you
already have a FAT32 partition make sure you don't blow that one away, just
the Linux ones.
You can have up to 4 primary partitions on a hard disk, one of which may be
an extended partition. An extended partition can be broken into any number
of logical partitions. Generally speaking you can only have ONE PRIMARY
partition active at a time, this renders the other PRIMARY partitions
invisible and inaccessible. An extended partition (along with whatever
logical partitions it contains) will be visible to any primary partition
that is active (assuming that the operating system contained in that primary
partition is able to read the file system formatted on the logical drives in
the extended partition). You may want to determine which type of partition
you are attempting to install on, a primary or a logical.
Personally, I've used Partition Magic from PowerQuest to manage all of my
partitioning. That would install in the FAT32 partition. But that's just
IMHO.
On the lighter side, now that I've given you 127% more than I know, I hope
that helps a little bit. Good luck.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 1:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Not enough space!
John Thanks for your quick reply!
Technically, you can have one large partition. In fact, I use to create
many partitions but for someone like me who is not to schooled in LINUX, one
large partition will take much of the confussion out of the install. I was
told by a LINUX guru that all you need is one partition and a swap
partition. So basically, In Disk Druid on 6.0 I created a "/ " root
partition with about 2875 mgs of hard drive space and and swap partition of
about 125mgs. Really that is all I did other then selecting all of the
packages that I could to install except for IPX. I know my drive is not bad
because I returned this type of drive a few weeks ago and got this one in
return, a new seagate 6gig drive.
The other strange thing is that if I choose to install Redhat 6.1 my PC will
let me create the root and swap partitions but then it will reboot after
clicking on "next"!
I have a new motherboard from about a month ago and I have an AMD K62 300mhz
chip in it which is also new!
I will try to create the partitions that you have suggested to see if that
will make a difference?
My wife and I live in Ohio so we are Eastern Standard Time. Go ahead and
respond back when you can. I'll get to your response later on this evening
around 9:00pm to 10:00pm.
Craig Christensen
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 11:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Not enough space!
I just subscribed to this list a couple hours ago, so I may be missing a lot
of background here. Are you sure that your install is not being attempted on
the swap partition? How did you do your partitioning?
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