>Joe wrote:
>Hi there,
>Sorry for chipping in, but isn't that 10MB is a way too small for any >OS?
>Even for the second partition i.e. 630MB is also quite small for the >good
> running of Linux or even NT.
is to small for the OS but just a little to small (for my taste I
recomend 15 megs) for the boot sector partition for lilo)
> And... last resort, if your BIOS has it, you can destroy your existing hd
> partitions by low-level formatting your hard disk. Check your BIOS options
> for the utility. To go there, on some PCs, you need to press the DEL key
> when it is starting up, some PCs use F2 key, some ESC key... check yours.
> It's going to take quite a long.
>
> Then you can use the Linux-Mandrake installation disk to setup a new
> partition and install Linux-Mandrake on it.
>
> Hope this answers your problems.
>
> Good luck
>
> Joe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:47 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Re: How do I delete all of the partitions?
>
> > Tony
> > I have about run out of suggestions. If you have a DOS floppy you might
> > try using fdisk to formatt you drive. The Mandrake install should be able
> to
> > read and work with it. You might also try to run the installation in
> Expert
> > or Custom mode and see if it will overwrite the WD partition tables.
> > If neither of these will work maybe someone else on the list has had
> the
> > same problem and can help.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Coors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 12:28 AM
> > Subject: RE: How do I delete all of the partitions?
> >
> >
> > > Charles,
> > > I did just that with Data Lifeguard Tools for Western Digital Drives.
> I
> > > set up the primary partition for 10MB and made the second partition
> 630MB.
> > > Still gave me the error. The 2, 3, and 4 partition tries were done
> after
> > > setting up a bootable primary drive. I thought that might be the
> problem,
> > > so I used fdisk to remove the primary dos partition and recreate it so
> > that
> > > there was no operating system on the disk. I tried that and still got
> the
> > > error message. Is there a linux formatting tool that I need to use to
> > > format the drives instead of Western Digital's Data Lifeguard Tools?
> > Thank
> > > you for your help again.
> > >
> > > Tony
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 6:31 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: How do I delete all of the partitions?
> > >
> > > Tony
> > > You stated in your org. message that you had also tried with 2 and 3
> > > partitions. What were you using to do this? Does it allow you to set the
> > > size of the partition? If it does set the partition size for one
> partition
> > > at 10MB or smaller if the program allows. This should leave the
> remaining
> > > 630MB as free space and the Mandrake install can use it.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tony Coors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 5:52 PM
> > > Subject: How do I delete all of the partitions?
> > >
> > >
> > > > How can I delete all of the partitions? I am using Western Digital's
> > > > EZ-Install which creates at least one partition unless I am mistaken.
> > So
> > > > how should I go about deleting all the partitions?
> > > > Thanks again for the help
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 5:50 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] An error occurred..no available partitions
> > > >
> > > > Tony
> > > > Delete all the partitions and leave the drive as free space then
> let
> > > the
> > > > installation program set the partitions.
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Tony Coors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 5:36 PM
> > > > Subject: [newbie] An error occurred..no available partitions
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I am installing Linux on a Pentium 75MHz system that has a western
> > > digital
> > > > > 640 MB hard drive. The only thing I have done is create 1 partition
> > of
> > > > 640
> > > > > MB size on the hard drive. I load driver support for the CD-ROM(48x
> > ide
> > > > > cd-rom) then begin installation by inserting my boot floppy and
> start
> > > the
> > > > > computer. The installation program begins installing from the
> cd-rom.
> > > I
> > > > > select the language, select recommended from the type of
> installation
> > > and
> > > > am
> > > > > then presented with a screen to select my mouse. I select
> > general(PS-2)
> > > > > mouse and the next message I get is "An error occurred..no available
>partitions." I've tried making 2, 3 and 4 partitions on the drive and still get this
>error. What is wrong?? Thank you for the help.
