Hi Michael, hi Loyal, --- In [email protected], "loyal_barber" <loyal_barber@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "mmorse757" <jm603@> wrote: > > > > In preparation for a Linux install, I used gParted to split my disk into > > two parts and created a logical partition on my laptop so that I could > > install Linux on the second partition. The issue is, the installer gives > > the following three options: > > > > 1) use entire disk > > 2) set-up along side Windows 7 > > 3) other (manual installation) > > > > I don't want to use option one as it will erase my Win7. I tried to use > > option 2 but what happens is that the installer wants to shrink my Win7 > > partition instead of using the 2nd partition. The only way to use my 2nd > > partition is for me to choose option three but then the installer expects > > me to manually setup the partitions. > > > > Has anyone had this issue? Is there a way to force the installer to use > > the 2nd partition? Or do I have to Google on how to manually set up the > > partitions using the second half of the disk?
Actually settings up partitions isn't hard at all (When you know how to do it, of course), see below > First, let me explain what options 2 and 3 mean. I assume you know > what 1 means since you mention not wanting to erase Win7. > > #2 is for those who have NOT taken the step you already took: setting > aside a partition using a partitioning tool. In such cases the person > has a single partition with Win 7. The installer then shrinks the > Win7 partition and creates a second (or more) where it installs Linux. > > #3 is for people like you who have already taken control of their > disk partitions and don't want the installer to do anything you > do not specifically say. This is the option you want in your > situation. When you select this, you will see your Win7 partition > plus some unpartitioned space. Put your Linux on this unpartitioned > space. A note however: If you have 4 GB or less of memory > you will want to create 1 to several swap partitions of approximately > 2 GB each up to 1.5 times your amount of RAM. For example, if you > had 4 GB RAM, you would have 5 total partitions: > 1. Win7 > 2. Swap 2GB > 3. Swap 2GB > 4. Swap 2GB > 5. Linux root (/) partition of the size of your free space - 6 GB. > @Loyal: why would you want to set up 3 SWAP-partitions? Never heard of that. Beside, are we talking about a laptop or a desktop PC? I'd say for only laptop computers is SWAP 1.5 times the size of physical RAM sensible, for suspension to RAM. Normally you do not do that with a desktop system. Depending on whether the partition table is MS-DOS or GPT, you do not have to worry about primary and logical partitions, MS-DOS can only handle 4 primary ones, GPT a much larger number (of primary partitions), although I'm not sure how many exactly. For Linux you do NOT need to set any boot-flags for partitions! I do not know how to check whether one has a GPT-partition table, on a Linux live system, you would open a terminal and type the command (with root permissions or with 'sudo' prepended: fdisk -l or gdisk -l, if the latter is already installed on the live CD) A traditional partitioning layout would look like this: 1. Windows 7 (Might actually be two partitions since Windows also creates a BOOT-partition 2. Linux: BOOT-partition (mount point: /boot) Size: 300-500MB (Should be primary partition) 3. Linux: ROOT-parition (mount point: /) Size: 20-30GB [depending on how much you want to install, this could also be considerably smaller] (Can be a logical partition) 4. Linux HOME-partition (mount point /home) (Can be a logical partition) For /boot it is still advised to use the EXT3 file system, I do not know how stable EXT4 is for booting by GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader, the default Linux boot loader). For / and /home you may use any file system you want, EXT4 would be standard. The ROOT-partition is your system drive, the HOME-partition is the place of your personal data. It makes sense to have them on two different partitions for system maintenance, thus you can unmount your HOME-partitions while the system is running, not possible with /. If you do not specify a HOME-partition during the installation process, the installer still creates a /home directory for your data, but it does not reside on a separate partition. Hopefully that wasn't too confusing, Pascal [snip] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
