Hans N. wrote:
> I recently submitted a problem with installation to the
> customer service (follows). Although I have not received
> the remedy, I thought I'd pose the question here since I'm
> sure I will not be the only one to have this problem. On a
> side note, I was wondering how advantageous a secondary
> hard drive would be for a dual-boot system. Feel free to
> send thoughts on a second hard drive directly to my e-mail
> account. Thank you.
>
> Original Message:
>
> I am running Windows 98 second edition on a Compaq Presario
> 7471 Internet PC. Compaq has my system set up with a
> partition already made. The C: drive being the main
> partition and the D: drive being the second partition. all
> my work is done with the C: drive, the D: drive is there
> for reinstalling software to factory settings. The D: drive
> is unneeded since the Compaq software CD's for my system
> work better than the D: drive installation.
>
> Now to the problem. I want to have the dual-boot option so
> that I may keep Windows 98 working on my system. I wanted
> to install Linux Mandrake 7.2 Powerpack Deluxe on the same
> hard drive, I own only one hard drive. Configuring my
> set-up worked very smoothly until I reach the step "Setup
> Filesystems" Linux recognized both partitions (C: and D:)
> and asked which partition I would like Linux to be
> installed on. My natural choice was the larger C:
> partition. The error message I received when selecting the
> C: drive is as follows:
>
> Partitioning Failed: The FAT resizer is unable to handle
> your partition, the following error occurred: Can't locate
> object method "new" via package "resize_fat::main" at
> /usr/bin/perl-install/install_interactive.pm line 108, <>
> line 6
>
> My hard drive utilizes Windows' FAT 16 file allocation. I
> have ActivePerl 5.6.623 installed on Windows 98. My
> computer boots my CD-RW before my floppy, allowing me to
> boot for CD installation with no problem. I have noticed no
> other obvious errors when attempting to install the Linux
> OS. I also noticed no unusual problems with the Windows
> software. However, I am completely inexperienced with using
> Linux software.
>
> I have researched the mailing lists and the booklets as
> well as the tutorials accompanying the distribution. My
> limited knowledge points me towards purchasing a secondary
> hard drive, deleting the D: drive, and requesting your
> aid... I decided to start here first. I thank you for your
> time and patience and look forward to hearing something
> soon. Please feel free to request any and all information
> you feel is appropriate to help alleviate this situation. I
> still anxiously await my first step away from the Windows
> environment :^)
>
> Sincerely and respectfully,
> Hans Nielsen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hans....your hard drive is likely completely used by windows
in that there is no free (unpartitioned) space on it. Your
C: drive is probably too full of files to be able to resize
it so as to be able to free up some unpartitioned space for
linux to create a partition to use for itself. I suggest you
copy all data (all directories and files) from D: and then
have Linux use D:
--
Alan
