RE: [RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx]
Heck yea...Diskdrake will do a real nice job of resizing the DOS partition so you can make some Linux partitions. One thing you want to watch that you don't do and that is to make the new Linux partitions behind an extended DOS partition. This is a very bad thing to do and will result in partition table corruption eventually bringing one or both systems down. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 Mark Lee spake passionately saying! Johnny, I would run the Linux install using the supplied boot disk and select Expert Mode when asked to configure the drive. Click on the Windows partition and, all being well, you should see a dialog box that gives you the current size of the partition and an option to resize. If this doesn't happen then you will definitely need Partition Magic. Regards, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx] I only have one partition that occupies the entire disk. If I can't find a solution to this. Partition Magic may be the only way out for a smooth installation.
Re: [RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx]
I only have one partition that occupies the entire disk. If I can't find a
solution to this. Partition Magic may be the only way out for a smooth
installation.
Mark Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never tried, but as it is basically a scaled-down version of PM it
should. This may be the only option if ME occupies the entire HDD in FAT32.
You just have to remember to leave enough room for installing apps and the
ME swap file, which can be pretty big. You can gauge the size of the swap
file by going to a DOS prompt CD to the Windows directory and do a DIR for
either *.swp (old Win9x) or Pagefile.sys for Win2K type shells.
If you are familiar with FDISK and do not have one partition that occupies
the entire disk you can select option 4 from the menu ("Display Partition
Information") This will show you where Windows lives and how much space it
is using. You can then create an extended DOS partition in the free space
(most likely, this will only allow you to create 1 partition though)
The /mnt/mnt/ issue may occur because the Windows partition is referred to
(I think) as /mnt/windows. Win4lnx could be trying to establish a mount
point within that partition. There's a possibility that it is unable to
write to the boot sector, but that's an (un)intelligent guess. Mandrake
shouldn't have a problem with FAT32 partitions, however, as I have never
used win4lnx this could be an issue. Other things that might affect it are
antivirus software (that prevents the boot sector from being modified) or
some type of hard drive overlay software like OnTrack disk manager.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph Red [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his
partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid.
Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to
Partition Magic?
As for his original issue, this line:
"ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail".
Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly
familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong.
Joseph Red
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make
sure
that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to
keep
around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK.
If
you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap
file.
Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then
restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to
install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and
partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can
put
the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize
partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file).
Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is
complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that
offers
Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu
will
list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu
created
by the NT boot.ini file.
Hope this helps,
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running
WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without
re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file
system
setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap
file.
After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error
saying
that
"ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail".
If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this
problem, please help.
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RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Because Win4Linx requires direct access to DOS and this is blocked and hidden in Win ME you can not install it. The only resolutions to this require registry changes which can adversly effect Win ME and are not advised. Your safest and best bet would be to resize your Win partition and to then install 7.2 in its own partition and to forget about Win4Lnx. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Johnny Kwan Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid. Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to Partition Magic? As for his original issue, this line: "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to keep around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file. Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file). Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that offers Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu will list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created by the NT boot.ini file. Hope this helps, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I've never tried, but as it is basically a scaled-down version of PM it
should. This may be the only option if ME occupies the entire HDD in FAT32.
You just have to remember to leave enough room for installing apps and the
ME swap file, which can be pretty big. You can gauge the size of the swap
file by going to a DOS prompt CD to the Windows directory and do a DIR for
either *.swp (old Win9x) or Pagefile.sys for Win2K type shells.
If you are familiar with FDISK and do not have one partition that occupies
the entire disk you can select option 4 from the menu ("Display Partition
Information") This will show you where Windows lives and how much space it
is using. You can then create an extended DOS partition in the free space
(most likely, this will only allow you to create 1 partition though)
The /mnt/mnt/ issue may occur because the Windows partition is referred to
(I think) as /mnt/windows. Win4lnx could be trying to establish a mount
point within that partition. There's a possibility that it is unable to
write to the boot sector, but that's an (un)intelligent guess. Mandrake
shouldn't have a problem with FAT32 partitions, however, as I have never
used win4lnx this could be an issue. Other things that might affect it are
antivirus software (that prevents the boot sector from being modified) or
some type of hard drive overlay software like OnTrack disk manager.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph Red [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his
partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid.
Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to
Partition Magic?
As for his original issue, this line:
"ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail".
Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly
familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong.
Joseph Red
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure
that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to
keep
around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If
you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file.
Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then
restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to
install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and
partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put
the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize
partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file).
Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is
complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that
offers
Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu
will
list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created
by the NT boot.ini file.
Hope this helps,
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running
WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without
re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file
system
setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap
file.
After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying
that
"ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail".
If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this
problem, please help.
ICQ# 1678616
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eFax # 419-818-7262
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Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx]
Joseph, you are correct. I don't want to use fdisk because it will delete windows. I have used partition magic before, and I might give it a try. Installing Mandrake without creating a new partition is still my first priority unless there is no other option. I also only have the 1.5Gig installation files downloaded to the HD and not have the resources to write to a CD. The error message is a little strange because the mounting point for linuxsys.img is supposed to be /mnt/windows/lnx4win. I know it's got to be something simple but just couldn't figure it out. Any more help is greatly appreciated. Thanks again. I'm not sure how much Johnny knows, but if he uses MS fdisk to create his partitions he's going to delete Windows, which I'm sure he wants to avoid. Does the Expert Mode allow you to resize fat16/32 partitions similar to Partition Magic? As for his original issue, this line: "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". Looks a little strange to me, particularly /mnt/mnt/. But I'm not overly familiar with win4lnx, so I could be wrong. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Mark Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:11 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to keep around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file. Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file). Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that offers Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu will list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created by the NT boot.ini file. Hope this helps, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Just install linux seperately. It is better anyway. Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775 -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx
Installing Linux separately will resolve this issue. You need to make sure that you have sufficient free space on the destination drive (I try to keep around 1.5GB free) and make an unformatted partition there using FDISK. If you can, make an additional 125MB unformatted partition for the swap file. Put the Linux boot disk in the floppy drive and Disc 1 in the CD-ROM then restart your system. When you are asked how you would like to install/partition your HDD, choose Expert Mode. Locate the drive and partitions you created and choose to create an ext2 partition (you can put the mount point here). Expert Mode offers you the chance to resize partitions (useful if you need to make room for a swap file). Mandrake should detect the presence of Windows and, when the install is complete and you reboot, you will be presented with a boot menu that offers Linux and Windows. In the case of NT/9x dual boot systems the boot menu will list DOS as an option. This will get you to the standard boot menu created by the NT boot.ini file. Hope this helps, Mark -Original Message- From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 to my PC which is running WindowsMe. Win4Lnx allows the user to install Mandrake 7.2 without re-partition the HD. Everything went smoothly until I hit the "file system setup" where I have to choose the size for the root directory and swap file. After choosing the desire capacity for both options, I got an error saying that "ext2 formating of /mnt/mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img fail". If anyone have a similar experience before or know how to resolve this problem, please help. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
