hi mahjongg really thanks a lot for your help !
i only need a dual boot, ( xp and gOS ) . and i just afraid that it overwrite on my windows/C or other drives D/ E/G and lose my data. thats why i have made one Drive ( F ) empty completely and wanted to install gOS on that drive and wanted to do installation manually. so now you mean that i dont need to select the partitions manually , and i just have to follow the installation and click Forward , gOS will automatically install on the empty space it finds itself and not Format or delete my other existing files on hard disk?! right? so in installation wizard at step 4 , i have 3 choices : - guided , resize SCSI3 (000) PARTITION #7 sda and use freed space ( - guided use entire disk - manual gos selected first one itself. in which i can drag and adjust the size in the toolbar below it. 8GB is enough right?) i think the left side (orange color ) is my current old hard disk size , and left size written gOS is going to be selected size for gOS . 2- before installation .do i need to defrag ALL of my hard disk drives ? or just particular drive ? thanks a lot for your help. On Sep 30, 5:29 am, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > Owww, that is the WRONG way to go about creating a dual boot system, > you are on a path to FUBAR your Windows install! Outsmarting the > installer is a BAD idea, so please remove the partition again (assign > the space back to windows), and let the installer do the work. The > installer will offer to split space, and create a dual boot system, > ONLY if it sees a valid Windows filing system in the first primary > partition, and if that partition has enough empty contiguous space for > a gOS system. This installer option is recognizable by the space > assignment slider it represents. Especially If you want a boot manager > for your dual boot system I would advise against using the "manual" > option, and if you do not want to PERMANENTLY loose windows you should > never use the "use whole disk" option! > > So I STRONGLY advise you, (if you are creating a dual Windows/gOS > system) to defragment AND error check the Windows partitions, (using > the windows defrag tool) BEFORE installing gOS, as the installer can > get into problems when it encounters problems in the NTFS filing > system. And letting windows do > the de-fragmenting (necessary to create continuous free space to use > for splitting off a new partition) is also very advisable. > > If you are creating a dedicated gOS computer (no windows) on an old > hard-disk that used to contain Windows, I advise to use the partition > editor (gparted) on the live_CD to remove ALL the partitions on the > hard-disk before running the installer. > > On 29 sep, 17:53, prince xiaomi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > i have made the cd finally with your help and run it already as > > well .gOS is very cool. > > now i am going to install it and it asked me to select the partition > > > in PREPARE PARTITION i can see my partitions, i select my empty drive > > which i formatted before in windows already , and i try to select and > > Forward , > > but it gives me an error : "NO ROOT FILE SYSTEM is defind . please > > correct this from partitioning menu." > > > i selected the drive and click on "edit partition" . in the coming > > window i can see size / use as / format the partition / mount point . > > > what should i do now ? > > > please help !! i am really a linux newbie , but i feel its new world ! > > gOS is my first linux. > > thank you !!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
