If your hard-disk is not defragmented with the Windows disk defragmentation tool (all programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Defragmenter), then the partition cannot be split by gOS. You need to defragment, and check for errors (analyse) your windows partition. Then check to see how much free space you have left at the end of the defragmented files for gOS 3. You need something like 6GB for gOS and its swap file (which is normally 150% of your RAM size big).
if the disk is defragmented and error free, gOS can attempt to split off a partition, the default choice it makes for the sizes (where to split) is just a recommendation, you can choose the split point yourself (to the left of the split is the size your existing Windows installation will get, to the right is what gOS will get). If you move the split point so that either Windows or gOS does not get enough space gOS will complain, and refuse the partition split.. On 3 dec, 14:10, mattyb149 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 20 GB should be more than enough space. Using an XP system with a 20 > GB drive (actually a virtual system on VMPlayer), I manually shrank my > XP partition to 10GB, then created a swap partition equal to my RAM > size (2 GB) at the end of the disk, then used the middle 8 GB as the > ext3fs to put gOS into. That worked fine. I did have a similar > problem with a version of Ubuntu, it had some magic number for > contiguous physical disk size that seemed way above the system > requirements... > > Have you tried shrinking your XP partition a bit? Also, do you only > have one XP partition, or is it split into logical drives (C:, D:)? > > On Dec 2, 10:10 pm, thatchman1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > After booting and liking, I'm trying to install the latest release gOS > > on a Lenovo X41 Tablet PC. The bootable works great, but I'm having > > an issue when running the installer. > > > In the partition/guided step, it properly identifies my hard drive and > > primary OS (XP Tablet), suggests that it would like to take 20GB of > > space for a partition to install gOS, which I approve. Once I click to > > commit the changes I get the error message "Too small size". > > > I've also tried the manual option but I get nowhere. I am not > > currently entertaining the idea of using the entire disk because I'm > > not 100% about the whereabouts of my recovery CD's for this particular > > unit. > > > I was able to drag between the partitions and make the primary XP > > Tablet partition larger. Then, the install seemed to progress > > properly. > > > Was I supposed to assume which parition was "Too small size"? Both > > were equally sized, so this was a strange error message or I'm not > > understanding what it was meaning. > > > Thanks for any pointers on why I may have received this, or if I > > misinterpreted it. I'm a long time IT person and computer builder, > > but have done very little in the Linux realm. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
