On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Zak Johnson wrote:
Now I have started the FC4 installation but I'm not sure what to do at
the partition section of the process. If this makes any sense and you
are feeling generous with your time, I would appreciate any ideas or
instructions on what to do next.
Short version: set your "Linux native" partition to "/", and your "Linux
swap" partition to "swap". Long, detailed explanation follows:
The installation process will ask you: "Automatically partition" or
"Manually partition with Disk Druid". You want to manually partition with
Disk Druid.
You will then see a graphical representation of your hard drive at the top
of the screen--a large rectangle with smaller sub-rectangles representing
each partition. The partitions will also be shown in the table below. You
should have something that looks something like:
Hard Drives
/dev/hda
/dev/hda1 ntfs 30 GB[1]
/dev/hda2 vfat 15 GB
/dev/hda3 ext3 13 GB
/dev/hda4 swap 1 GB
[1] however big you left your primary Windows partition. Also note that on
the installation screen the numbers will probably be in megabytes.
There will also be a column that says "Format" and has a checkmark in it.
***NOTE***
The key to making sure you don't completely hose your windows partition is
to make sure there is NOT a checkmark in the "Format" column in the ntfs
(Windows) partition. Basically whatever else you do is recoverable (and of
course if you've backed up properly then even hosing your Windows
partition is recoverable, you just obviously don't want to do that :)
Note that the hda5/hda6 numbers may be different, and you may have an
extended partition sitting around there somewhere, but the basics should
be the same.
1. Click on the one that says "ext3". It might not say "ext3" if it's not
formatted (I can't remember what BootitNG makes the "linux native"
partitions) but you should be able to figure out, at least from partition
size, which one is your "Linux native" partition. Highlight that row and
then click the "Edit" button above. Make the mount point "/", the
filesystem type "ext3" (unless you want to use something different--I'd
recommend ext3), and the "Format" button *should* be checked.
2. Click on the one that says "swap", then click "Edit". Set the mount
point to "swap", and the "Format" button should be checked.
That should be the extent of what you need to do. Click "Next" and you're
on your way!
Note: you can also set up your ntfs and vfat volumes by giving them mount
points the same way (like /mnt/windows or /mnt/share or whatnot). Just
*make sure* you don't have the "Format" button checked for your Windows
partitions, unless you want them wiped clean. :)
Hope this helps,
~ Ross
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