I''m trying to install linux onto my pc. I have a total of about 1.6 gigs to work with, so as far as I can see, space isn''t a problem. When I boot off my Redhat 7 CD, the install program crashes after it says "loading sbin/loader" or whatever the line is. So I do an expert setup... Not too hard I figure, just set the partitions up manually, and away we go. Not so. When I get to the disk druid partitioning screen, I can create partitions for linux, but not more than 2. (any two of / ; /boot ; and swap. The first two create fine, but the 3rd one gives an error (dammit, I cant remember what it is right now). I have windows XP installed with two fat32 partitions on my disk. The c drive (about 3 gigs), then 1.6 gigs unused for linux, then the d drive (the rest of the 40 gigs). Disk druid calls my c partition hda1, and my d partition hda5, and allocates hda3 and hda4, but no mention is made of hda2 and I''m wondering if that''s not the problem? Thanks to anyone who can help, I''m really trying to shake the windows noose from around my neck here We scratch our eternal itch A twentieth century bitch We are grateful for Our Iron Lung

quote:Original post by slyterence
I''m trying to install linux onto my pc. I have a total of about 1.6 gigs to work with, so as far as I can see, space isn''t a problem. When I boot off my Redhat 7 CD, the install program crashes after it says "loading sbin/loader" or whatever the line is. So I do an expert setup... Not too hard I figure, just set the partitions up manually, and away we go.

Not so. When I get to the disk druid partitioning screen, I can create partitions for linux, but not more than 2. (any two of / ; /boot ; and swap. The first two create fine, but the 3rd one gives an error (dammit, I cant remember what it is right now).

I have windows XP installed with two fat32 partitions on my disk. The c drive (about 3 gigs), then 1.6 gigs unused for linux, then the d drive (the rest of the 40 gigs). Disk druid calls my c partition hda1, and my d partition hda5, and allocates hda3 and hda4, but no mention is made of hda2 and I''m wondering if that''s not the problem?

Thanks to anyone who can help, I''m really trying to shake the windows noose from around my neck here

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First, as it''s already been posted, the fact that Linux doesn''t see your second partition isn''t a problem. Second, /boot doesn''t need to be partitioned. Leave it as is or you might get some huge faillures if you set it on it''s own partition. Now, with that said, if you could give us more precise error messages, I might be able to figure out your problem.





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What if I set the sizes of the partitions using fdisk from windows, then just set them up using the installer? Either I''ll try that or i''ll just make two partitions instead of 3. The only thing is, the manual specifically states that some bioses have trouble with boot partitions over 16 megs (oh, yeah)... is this possible, or only a problem with older pc''s?

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are there any limitations to using an automatic partition with "/"? I mean, can you not install both GNOME and KDE, or are all the user files not installed or something?

Well, I used two partitions, and installed no problem. However, I can''t load a graphics system, (it installed both KDE and Gnome). When I type startx, the screen brings up a whole bunch of stuff about nvidia graphics cards, and then says "No Screens Found". I''ve run xf86config, and it didn''t help. I''ve downloaded the Nvidia drivers for Redhat linux 7.0, but I haven''t installed them yet. Will that fix the problem?

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