Yes, you can format the empty disk and move the directory there (as long as
you have enough room). You should be able to format it as FAT(32) from
within NT. The next question is where are you going to install linux?
Forrest
> I have another empty hard disk in the same computer.
> I'm already in the process of downloading the ISO's
> into the NTFS partition. Can I format the empty disk
> into FAT or linux partition, then transfer the ISO
> files from the NTFS partition into the empty disk
> which will be the FAT or linux partition?
>
> Yuye.
> --- "Taylor, ForrestX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Yes, you have to have the images on fat or ext2
> > partitions (not NTFS). You
> > need a program (like Partition Magic) that will
> > allow you to resize
> > partitions. That way, you can decrease the NTFS
> > partition, and create some
> > linux partitions. If you do an installation from
> > the hard disk, you cannot
> > format the partition that you put the .iso images
> > on. You may want to do
> > what Pete suggested, and transfer the directories
> > you downloaded to another
> > computer, and do a ftp/http install.
> >
> > > Yes, I did put the files into the NTFS partition.
> > All
> > > my hard disk are formatted as NTFS. Do I need to
> > > reformat my hard disk into linux first, then put
> > the
> > > files or the ISOs into that partition? If I have
> > to
> > > format it into linux partition, I'll lost all the
> > > files from that hard disk.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Jeff Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Pete Peterson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If one has already downloaded the whole
> > hierarchy
> > > > to a local machine,
> > > > > why not use the NFS or FTP install method
> > instead
> > > > of downloading the
> > > > > ISO files?
> > > >
> > > > Cause this is a dual boot machine, IIRC, and you
> > > > cant ftp to windows while
> > > > you are runnign linux on the same machine.
> > Besides
> > > > which, if I read that
> > > > correctly, he download the files and put them
> > onto
> > > > an NTFS partition,
> > > > which the installer will not see at all. (just
> > like
> > > > getting windows to
> > > > see a linux ext2 partition)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Jeffrey Lane, RHCX, EMT
> > > >
> > > > Red Hat, Inc. 919-547-0012
> > > > www.redhat.com/support
> > > >
> > > > "SPARC" is "CRAPS" backwards --Rob Pike
>
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