A good instruction on advanced partitioning schemes may be interesting to many users, however (to put beginning users at ease) normally you can just follow the instructions, and everything will end up fine. Only if you want to do the install manually with advanced options (like having a separate partition for your data) you will need the advanced knowledge in this proposed instruction manual.
I don't know why gOS 3.0 won't install, and I am having so many problems with installation suddenly, but I have painlessly installed - all- previously (publicly available) versions of gOS without any problems (and numerous other linux distributions too) . Its only THIS beta version of gOS 3 that won't install for one reason or other on - my- system. I suspect a bug somewhere in the installer that only pops up under some circumstances, and with some releases only. On 31 aug, 14:15, "Mr Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just some advice on dual boots and partitioning schemes. > > First, try to create the partitions prior to installing anything, > linux or windows. Under no circumstances let windows create your > partitions! > > I tend to create three primary partitions, and an extended partition > to house a number of other partitions. I'll leave extended partitions > explanation out, that can be an exercise for the reader to research it > :) > > My first partition tends to be for XP/Vista, the second partition as a > boot partition for my linux installs, (you can use one boot partition > for multiple linux installs), and the third primary as swap for all my > linux installs. > > I usually have about four partitions in my extended partition, > allowing me to have an XP install, three linux installs, and also a > space to have files availble to every OS > > I know this seems complicated but it makes sense when you think about > it. The boot partition can be used across all three linux installs, so > can the swap partition. > > Format all the partitions with the right file systems using a live CD > for simplicity. Remember to mark the boot partition as active. Doing > it now will save your butt later. > > Install XP FIRST. This will also save your butt later. Then install > your first linux flavour, selecting the boot partition, and swap > partition that you already formatted, and also one of the extended > partitions for everything else. DO NOT FORMAT the boot partition! If > you are asked, say no, it will still work. Use the grub boot loader, > and make sure you make backups of the config files it generates. You > can save copies to the spare partition. This will save your butt > later! > > If all goes well, you now have a dual boot system, that you can expand > to test other distros with ease. > > If for some reason, the distro installer does not give you access to > your XP install, there are many guides on the net to help you get it > back. In fact, it is only two lines you need to add. > > Hmmmm..... Maybe I should write a proper how to, and post that. Then > it can be a useful resource for anyone that is trying to dual boot > GoS, and other OSs. What do you guys think? > > On 8/31/08, sunil varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > thanks for ur help.... > > i got a solution to my problem that is > > the grub install failed.. > > this is what i had done. during partitioning i gave four like this 1."/" > > that is the root 2. /home 3. is the home 4./boot . for this boot u give a > > min of 200mb i did this and got the probelm cleared and now im using it with > > full jhosh if u have solved its ok if not follow this it may help u..... > > > thanking you, > > > sunil varma... > > -- > Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
