Hi, I've been eager to try out Linux for a while, but never could as I just couldnt figure out the partitioning requirements. This is where I've always
I can guide you with redhat installation may be others are similar. 1)Boot from Your CD (I hope you know this) 2)press enter when asked to enter something (this is for graphical installation) 3)Keep pressing next,linux will detect all your hardware(if you don't use something very rare) 4)When choosing install Type ..Choose Custom. 5)NEXT with the partition,choose Option No. 2 (if i remember right) i.e Manually Partition with Disk Druid. 6)From manythings you must be seeing thee is agraph at the Top and a tree listing of your parttions at the bottom. 7)You need to find your F:,i guess it will be the last one ,just the one with 11GB size 8)Select it and delete the partition. 9)Click New 9)Choose /boot ext3 type in space type 100or200or300 MB,though more than enough 10)Make swap partition with 2 * ram size. 11)Make / partition with Fill up to maximumsize option. 12)Click Next 13)Select Full Installation while selecting packages 14)Make Grub as your Primary boot loader 15)The watch linux getting installed. 16)Next everything is self explanatory.
Note:-i don't remember but /boot should be from 1-1024 cylinder range so this might cause the problem,may be someone could guide you here.
got stuck & given up a on Linux installation. I've got CDs of Knoppix 3.1,
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PCQLinux 8.0 & ELX 2.0, but I could never get past the partitioning stage with any of them. Also all published articles on installing these packages barely have a sentence relating to partitioning, which has added to the frustation.
Try refining your search with some of the terms i mentioned
To describe my challenge simply, I have Windows C:,D:,E; & F: . F: is 11Gb, & all I want to do is to simply use this space & partition for Linux & Swap. Is that so difficult? Is it possible to get some guidance in simple English on how to do this. I need a "Select this then click on that & then click OK" kind of guidance, such as which Windows has (BTW why is Linux so much harder to install than Windows. Is Windows smarter?)Ooops, *now* I've done
No ways,Does windows allows you to install itself on a Completely Linux installed machine,never its beyond its scope,but linux do :).Try installing linux on the complete harddisk without partitioning its more simpler than windows atleast it tells you what its doing. :)
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Can any one clear the mist for me ? I'm sure no one else has has these questions!
The best way to learn wd be playing with your system,i guess you fear loosing windows,first time when i tried to install i lost 20GB to linux,without linux getting installed,for complete 1 month.
Thanks, --Royce.