I had a similar problem when I 1st installed Linux on a disk with windoze98
already on it.
I used Partition Magic to shrink the Windoze partition, then FDISK to make
sure nothing Dos'y was in the free space
and then installed Linux with the LILO boot loader.
All went well.
I didn't build any Linu
>I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive.
The
>included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the
>Mandrake-Linux seems to work fine; it builds a Linux partition and swap
>partition on the tail end of my hard drive. They are primary partitions and
I had a similar problem with my 2nd HD. Had to create a /boot
partition at the beginning of the master HD. You are allowed 4
primary partitions, so just create the smallest possible at the
beginning, and label it.
Joe
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Warren Taylor wrote:
> I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even
> install it.
>
> I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The
> included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the
> Mand
