OK please help me because I am confused. Here is my data. The HD I wish to
install Mandrake on is an 8 GB HD.
It is presently partitioned as follows:
One extended partition of 7.4 G
Within it I have 7 logical fat partitions:
H: 930 MB
I: 1000 MB
J: 482 MB
K: 103 MB
L: 310 MB
M:1000MB
N: 1000 MB
The rest of the extended partition is available to Mandrake. I can of
course shrink the extended FAT partition (I have PM 5) thus leaving the rest
as blank space if that is safer. Please advise.
The reason I have so many FAT partitions is complicated but largely because
I am using several OSs on this HD.
I would like to install Mandrake in several partitions instead of only one
plus swap. I was thinking of (which is how I presently have TurboLinux
installed but I want to replace it by Mandrake 7.1):
/boot 10 MB
/opt 516 MB
/usr 1000 MB
/home 1000 MB
/ 66 MB
/var 66 MB
swap is 100MB on another drive.
Is this appropriate and are the sizes sufficient for a standard Mandrake
install?
Thank you very much for taking the time to help. I really appreciate it.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Second window partition no longer available bug
> Jeff
> What I am afraid of is if you install Mandrake within an extended DOS
> partition that it will chage that extended partition to Type 85
> regardless of which install Mode you use.
> Unless you were creating more than 4 logical DOS partition you did not
> need to create the extended partition you could have set all of them as
> active and then would have had no problem with the Mandrake installation
> regardless of Mode.
>
> Charles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Second window partition no longer available bug
>
>
> > Are you sure? I ask because I presently have TurboLinux which I
installed
> > within that extended partition. I used PM to move all my FAT partitions
> to
> > the beginning of the extended partition and to create the logical
> partitions
> > for Linux. I then installed turbolinux and used Linux to format and
> "fill"
> > them. Will that not work with Mandrake?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Second window partition no longer available bug
> >
> >
> > > Jeff
> > > First thing. If you are planning to install Linux Within the DOS
> > extended
> > > partition: It won't work You need to use PM to resize your extended
> > > partition leaving an area of free space to which you will install
Linux.
> > > I, myself, was not aware of the installation bug until yesterday.
The
> > > problem occurs only if you install in Automatic Mode. You should be
> > > perfectly safe if you install in Expert Mode.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Mandrake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 6:03 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] Second window partition no longer available bug
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am planning to install Mandrake 7.1 on my PC on my second 8 GB HD.
> > > >
> > > > My second HD only contains one 8 GB DOS extended partition which
> already
> > > > contains several logical DOS partitions. Using Partition Magic I
have
> > > moved
> > > > them all to the beginning of the extended partition leaving enough
> room
> > > for
> > > > Linux at the end of the partition.
> > > >
> > > > I am worried because of the messages I have seen and the reported
> > install
> > > > bug listed in http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3 as
> > "Second
> > > > window partition no longer available". I do not quite understand if
> > this
> > > > will apply to my setup described above (that is that I will not be
> able
> > to
> > > > access my FAT logical partitions in that extended partitions) or if
I
> am
> > > > safe.
> > > >
> > > > Could someone tell me? Someone else said they tried the "script"
and
> it
> > > did
> > > > not work for them.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
