Re: [newbie] Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob.
hi there, i suggest that you format your hard drive to start with. having finished that i would then load windoze (for simplicity) giving it the full 9Gb. once you have 'doze loaded, use 'fips' to shrink the partition to 2 - 4 gb or whatever size you decide on. at this point you can reload linux, setting up the partitions as you do so. for mandrake you need at least a swap partition as well as your root partition but this only a short term requirement. longterm you will need to give some thought to creating (perhaps) /usr and /home partitions. can you get your hands on a copy of partition magic? if you can it will make life much easier for you since you can use it to create both 'doze and linux partitions. whatevere you do, don't panic. you can always wipe your hard-drive and start again. you'll soon get the hang of it. give it a go and if you have any probs. mail me. cheers .. michael
RE: [newbie] Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob. use FIPS
A useful utility that comes with most Linux distributions is a DOS utility called FIPS. With this you can break apart a hard drive into several partitions. I used it to partition my existing windows95 hard drive. Basically, first run defrag, then fips. There is a good readme that comes with fips. Rick Bonczek Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael McGibben Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 4:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob. hi there, i suggest that you format your hard drive to start with. having finished that i would then load windoze (for simplicity) giving it the full 9Gb. once you have 'doze loaded, use 'fips' to shrink the partition to 2 - 4 gb or whatever size you decide on. at this point you can reload linux, setting up the partitions as you do so. for mandrake you need at least a swap partition as well as your root partition but this only a short term requirement. longterm you will need to give some thought to creating (perhaps) /usr and /home partitions. can you get your hands on a copy of partition magic? if you can it will make life much easier for you since you can use it to create both 'doze and linux partitions. whatevere you do, don't panic. you can always wipe your hard-drive and start again. you'll soon get the hang of it. give it a go and if you have any probs. mail me. cheers .. michael
[newbie] Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob.
Linux Uninistall HD/Partion Prob I resently installed Linux-mandrake, I earased my windows with linux and gave linux 9GB of my Hard-Drive space. Linux worked in-all, but then I realized that I could have both linuxWin3X. But I made linux take up 9 gigs, so I put in the boot disk for linux that makes linux load an installion maniger... I told the maniger to erase the linux, it said it did! Then I installed Win98, but win98 did'nt detect the linux memory, and didnt erase it, and now that I'm in win98, I scan the hard drive, but win98 does'nt detect the 9 gigs of memory! I used some trial-based software, but it also didnt help me, can anyone help me, or give me some tips? One thing I noticed was that when I went back to the linux installer(it was booted from a disk), the linux-mandrake installer ALSO didnt detect the previous memory! Help PLease! _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
