-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:05:22 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello, > I have a machine with win98 loaded and having C,D,E,F,G drives. C is > primary partition and the rest are logical partitions. I tried to > install linux (RedHat) by deleting the Logical E drive and then > creating three partitions as follows : > /boot ---> 100MB > /swap ---> 256 MB > / ---> rest of space. > > Before all this, I checked the CD and it had no media errors. Now, the > partitions were created successfully. But while copying the files into > the disk, the computer got stuck mid way. Then I rebooted and started the > whole process again. But it happened a second time. What could be wrong? > Is it not possible to install linux on a logical partition? Or do I have > to create a primary partition to install linux? > > Thanks in advance > Ravi > -- how much of RAM are you having on the machine. and is the cdrom perfectly okay ? also look for debug msgs on tty4 and 5.. ritesh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAFWGF4Rhi6gTxMLwRAsovAJ0bUNXQmPmfR/ydEuXFDkuGbV3QPwCeMFfX MEmpujgW7MV4Sl64pMNt8t0= =teSx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
