On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:20:45 +0530, "Ritesh Raj Sarraf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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
I have 128 MB RAM on that machine. Also the CDROM is working properly. Since I checked if the CD had media errors using the CDROM. My question is - is it possible to delete a logical partition from windows (say E: in my case) and then create ext2[3] filesystems in the freed space? Or is a primary partition necessary for that? Ravi -- http://www.geocities.com/ravee_26/ -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different� ------------------------------------------------------- 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
