I don't know much about the DVD problems my machine is an I7000 with a CD. I used
Partition Magic to handle the partitioning. Everything I've asked of it it has
done VERY nicely.
Jonathan and Carla Day-Reiner wrote:
> Thanks for the input, but what about the DVD problem? I have seen on this
> list and on other inspiron pages, that the installation crashes when reading
> off the DVD drive. The obvious way to counter this, would be to copy the CD
> onto the hard drive, and do an HD install. However, how can I get rid of the
> HD partition that I put the files on, AND then allocate it back to RedHat?
> If I set my root linux partition to be growable, will it grow to take up the
> space freed up by removing the DOS partition with the install files on it?
> Or do I have to use some sort of partitioning program? Or is there some as
> yet unspoken way to fix the problems with the DVD drive?
>
> Still confused,
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Ziolkowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 1998 1:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2, Inspiron 3200, DVD + New HD
>
> You just create a boot floppy as per the instructions on the CD (which is
> Windows
> readable)
> and boot off it, The rest is of the install is paint-by-numbers,
>
> Jonathan and Carla Day-Reiner wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I just ordered a new hard drive from Dell, and will be using it as a
> > dedicated Linux drive. However, I've heard that Redhat crashes when being
> > installed off of the DVD drive. Is there any way to install redhat onto
> this
> > new, clean, harddrive without having to create a dos partition and copying
> > the CD-Rom contents to the HD? If I do have to copy it to the HD, how can
> I
> > rid myself of the DOS partition after it's installed and allocate that
> space
> > to linux? I'm a newbie here, so please excuse my ignorance. I just haven't
> > been able to find a clear solution to this problem. Please help?
> >
> > Confused,
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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