At 07:39 PM 6/26/05 -0700, you wrote:
On 6/26/05, Lief Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone help with confusion about setting a root partition to
install Linux?
> I used Partition Magic to create partitions to be used for dual boot. The
> first two partitions are for windows. I next created 4 partitions to use
> for Linux Fedora 3. Here's what I have so far:
> Size
> /hda1 vfat 20007
> /hda2 Extended
> /hda5 vfat 10004
> /hda6 ext3 103
> /hda7 swap 797
> /hda8 ext3 26726
> /hda9 ext3 1004
>
>
> Windows is using hda1 and hda5.
> I intend to use hda6 for boot
> hda7 for swap (RAM = 384 MB)
> hda8 and hda9 for linux files
>
>
> I used the Fedora 3 Core install cd and got to the part where partitions
> are checked. I selected "Manually partition with Disk Druid" (rather than
> automatic which would delete the existing Linux partitions and start
> over). It came back with a message that said:
> "You have not defined a root partition (/)..."
>
> I had intended for hda6 to be the root partition but there doesn't seem to
> be any way I can accomplish that with the options available from Disk
> Druid. My question is - How do I define the root partition? In this case,
> how to mark hda6 as root
> Thanks
Use DiskDruid to select the partition you want. (click on it, the line
will change color). Then click Edit. You will get a window where you
can specify what the mount point is for that partition. This works
for other partitions too.
carl
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I tried that but it didn't say anything about "root". The drop down
choices for mount point are:
boot
/
/boot
home
etc...
I chose "/" from the drop down menu for hda6. Is that the same as
"root"? It came back and said the size was too small. I chose that size to
copy a previous installation where the partitioning was automatic - I have
no idea what the correct size should be. Would hda8 be more appropriate to
use for "/" ? but then what would the small one (hda6) be used for?
Do I need to do the same procedure to mark hda6, hda7, and hda9 and what
would I mark them as?
Thanks.
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