Ralph Shumaker wrote: > Ralph Shumaker wrote: > >> Gus Wirth wrote: >> >>> herb Kornfeld wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to install Redhat on a windows machine where I am not >>>> the adminstrator. I want this computer to be 100% redhat. I put in >>>> my install disk and press next when the "Welcome to Red Hat >>>> Enterprise Linux" gui displays I get an error saying "Partioning >>>> failed: Could not allocate partitions as primary partitions. Press >>>> 'OK' to reboot your system". >>>> >>>> Do I need to manually reformat the disk first using Disk druid or >>>> fdisk? If so, any suggestions. >>>> Do I need the adminsistrator to do something on the Windows side >>>> before installing Redhat? >>> >>> >>> >>> Red Hat is being nice to you. Because MS Windows is on the disk and >>> has taken over everything, the Red Hat installer won't wipe it out. >>> What it needs is either some free space to create a partition or an >>> empty disk. >>> >>> Because you said you wanted the whole machine to be exclusively Red >>> Hat, the easiest thing to do is wipe the partition table. You can do >>> this by booting with your Red Hat disk, and at the prompt type >>> "rescue" (no quotes) You can see a little more info by using F3 >>> (function key three) when the boot prompt appears. >>> >>> When you are in rescue mode, the system is running off the CDROM and >>> memory. At the command prompt, you can type: >>> >>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=2 >>> >>> This will wipe out the MBR (Master Boot Record) and the partition >>> table. When you are done reboot the machine and do a normal install >>> from the CDROM. >>> >>> You may want to search the KPLUG archives for Carl Lowenstein's notes >>> on setting up logical volume management, especially the part about >>> avoiding making the root partition part of a volume group. >> >> >> >> I thought it was the /boot partition that couldn't be part of a volume >> group. >> >> I've never had much luck searching the archives. Do you have a link? > > > I just went to the website to look... I can't even find the archives. >
On http://www.kernel-panic.org/ scroll down to Mailing Lists find/click the link new web interface found here getting you to http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo Find/click on the link KPLUG-List getting you to http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list In the first paragraph find the line To see..prior postings to the list, visit the _KPLUG-List Archives_. Click on the "KPLUG-List Archives" link Voilà: http://www.kernel-panic.org/pipermail/kplug-list/ Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
