On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 07:03:47PM -0800, SHAKEEL AKBAR wrote: > > I have little experience of installing Linux over > win98. >
Have you installed Linux on any machine before ? > I have a 40 GB HDD I want to retain all my windoz & > install linux RH 7.0 with it. I have one pri 7 GB > Partition & rest 6 Partitions each of 5 GB. > Move all your Windoze stuff to C: so that we can re- make the partition scheme from the 8th GB onwards. if these have been made using Win/ M$ fdisk, there are chances of error. In any case, they are likely to be Extended logicals ... and 5 GB for swap is not going to be a requirement in the next 100 years ! > I want to retain all my current windoz & install > linux anyone with experience in this type of insta- > llation plz help me out in detail. > The information that you need is VERY VERY exhaustive However, being a common newbie question I am prepared to write a How-Do-I type of document and stick it up on my page. Meanwhile, You may like to have a look at http://www.linuxdoc.org ... and search for a mini-HOWTO document by the name of Linux+Win95. Also see Loadlin+Win95, you may be faced with booting problems (being below 1024 cylin- ders). Also see Large-Disk-HOWTO... these are obvious problem areas you are likely to face. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Erasing at the command prompt LOST #198 To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use: "Ctrl u" ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>######################################## : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
