> 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
Rahul, you already have dedicated two primary partitions to Windows and
DOS.
The way left for you is to have one SWAP and one extended partition. In
the extended partition, you can have many logical partitions. Total
number of primary partitions usually does not exceed four.
Rohit
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