On 6/26/05, Lief Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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> > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
>
> 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?
OK, I didn't look carefully at the partition sizes. The previous install used:
hda6 (103MB) for /boot
try
hda6 (103MB) /boot
hda8 (26GB) /
hda9 (1GB) /home
This will at least give you a workable system. After a while, you
will be sufficiently well informed to think about more complicated
partitioning scheme.
carl
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