There should be two installfests in March, one at That Technical Bookstore and the other in National City. These are wonderful opportunities to bring machines in and get competent assistance with just such problems.
Now ... at some point in a RH install you get asked if you want a default desktop or a custom job. I always ask for custom (and always use "text") so that's what I know. But if you accept the default desktop, I *believe* RH takes care of the rest. Partitions, formats, sets up the file system, the whole enchilada. On Tue, February 27, 2007 1:34 pm, herb Kornfeld wrote: > I am trying to install Redhat on a windows machine where I am not the > adminstrator. I want this computer to be 100% redhat. I put in my > install disk and press next when the "Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux" > gui displays I get an error saying "Partioning failed: Could not allocate > partitions as primary partitions. Press 'OK' to reboot your system". > > Do I need to manually reformat the disk first using Disk druid or fdisk? > If so, any suggestions. > Do I need the adminsistrator to do something on the Windows side before > installing Redhat? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline-- > KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
