hello vipin,
i think ur problem is typical. first of all, you are trying to install linux
into one of your extended partitions made by dos FDISK. ie ur E: drive.try
to install latest linux ie Redhat linux 6.2 whose setup is very friendly and
should install with minimal problems. now the main point, u cant just
install linux over FAT32 partition. u need to have some space on the end of
ur harddisk which is unallocated. so try to move all ur F: drive data into
e: drive and then delete ur F:drive from Fdisk so that u have space at end
of HD. then install linux from CD-rom. in which take linux swap partition
atleast double the RAM. and remaining(atleast 2 GB) for linux native. if u r
new to linux go for text mode installation not CUSTOM and install KDE/GNOME
workstation. this should solve ur problem.
and this list is mainly for programmers, and so ur query wont get much
response here. try to send it to (linux help) list.
cheers,
shailesh.
>From: "VIPIN SINGHAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [LIH] please help me
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 05:59:12 GMT
>
>
>Sub: PLEASE HELP ME
>
>Sir
>
>I am pursuing my final year of MCA from INDIA. Sir please help me for my
>problem which is as follows:
>
>I am having a hard drive of 17.2GB. I have partitioned my hard drive into
>four partitions with Seagate disk manager making it of FAT32. My C:
>partition is of 11GB, D is of 2.2GB, E partition is of 2GB and rest in F
>partition. I have installed Windows98 Second Edition in my C partition and
>Windows2000 in my D partition, and I am able to boot successfully in both
>Windows98 and Windows2000. As I want to install RED HAT LINUX 5.2 in my E
>partition and have left F partition for my installers. I have tried many
>times to install LINUX in my E partition but each and every time I got
>failed, although after reading many times your installing instruction
>available on CD. The procedure I am using to install LINUX is �
>
>First I make my computer to boot from CD-ROM.. After getting successfully
>booted from CD-ROM. and making a choice for INSTALL, I choose to install
>Custom Setup and after than the it asks for which format and partition
>utility for LINUX swap partition and LINUX native, Disk Druid or Fdisk. I
>chooses disk druid than it shows only two partition of my hard drive, first
>one is my C drive and the other one is the total of all the drive
>partition,
>and I could not make any choice to install the LINUX for a partition else
>than C or D if again I format my D partition and make a swap partition of
>96MB, as I am having the same amount of RAM. Than swap partition is made
>successfully but when I try to make the rest of space for native partition
>it says �BOOT PARTITION TOO BIG�. But I want to install LINUX into E
>partition.
>
>Sir this is my problem so please me as soon as possible I am waiting very
>anxiously for your reply.
>
>Thanking you
>
>Yours truly,
>
>Vipin Singhal
>
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