--- On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 rahul wrote:
> i tried to install linux on my friends computer who has a 4.3 gb hd
> with windows on a 2.5 gb primary partition and another dos partition
> of .5 gb as extended .now the 1 gb is left unpartioned and i tried
> installing linux on it whenever i try to make partions of
> root ,swap,etc it allocates them first but as soon as i try and
> create the 3rd partion fer any other thing it comes out as ..
> system was unable to allocate / partition..the reason given 'primary
> not free'!!!
You cannot create more than four primary partitions on an HDD. In fact
MS-DUH and Winduhs 9x will not allow more than one! You already have 2
so you cannot create more than two more. The work around is to use an
extended partition - which is a partition that can hold other
partitions. I am unsure whether you can create more than one extended
partition. I'd suggest that you use FIPS (In PCQ /dosutils directory)
to resize you existing extended partition and create your linux
partitions in it. There is extensive documentation about HDD partitions
in Lilo docs, Fips docs as well as the mini-HowTos Linux+Win95 etc.
Biju
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Biju "Botsie" Chacko
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If a file takes more than 30 minutes to download, someone in your house will pick up
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