Please show the partition table as shown by SuSE. If you have no important
data on the disk, try removing all partitions, writing to partition table,
repartition your disk and then proceed with install. It may be just a
problem of corrupt partition table from a previous aborted install.
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Kunal Shah wrote:
> When i tried to install suse from chip cd, it shows1.56 mb unallocated
> space, 500 mb extended dos and 2000mb primary dos but it refused saying
> that minimum installation required more space.
> I know the space is not the problem but extended partition is the
> problem.
> Extended dos partition can not be with suse in chip's cd.
> cause i have tried allocating 3000gb to primary dos and 1 gb unassinged.
>
> Then it was ready to install suse.
> If this problem ( of extended dos partition ) is unsolvable then suse is
> useless for me.
> I think red hat doesn't have such restrictions.
>
> Please guide me to solve the problem.
> Some times back i have posted the same problem and someone suggested
> that ishould first create partition with redhat 6.1(boot from cd, create
> partion from disk drue, save changes, and reboot), in this case suse
> shows the 1.5 gb linux native partition but when i selected it for
> installation same message appears.
> I don't know what to do?
>
> Pls reply as soon as possible.
> Kunal
>
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