Here is what I did when I set it up. Partition the Drive with a program like Partition Magic. Resize the Windows Partition to = 10 gigs Do not re-partition the remaining part of the Drive. Leave it alone. Windows will not see it so don't worry about it. Next Run Linux setup. Choose your options. When you hit the Partition part of it. You should show HDA1 10gig FAT32 Then at the bottom you will see free space. Some Thing like 1.1gig or 1,100.xx MB Next Make you partitions Make sure you don't select Growable for any partition except for the /usr if you want. This should do it for you. Make / partition the first one. See if that works. __________________________________________________ Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com "Even Common People Can Attain Uncommon Results!" On Tuesday, April 13, 1999 1:37 PM, Don Bonomini [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Hey everyone! Someone... HELP! I luved linux so much, i recommened it to > a friend, and i went to install it for him. > > ok, so we defragmented, and ran fips to "safely" partition the drive. He > has a 12 gig hard drive, and i set up the partitions as 10 gig for > windows, and 1.1 gig for linux. Ok... partitioned fine. I ran the Linux > install. Then Disk Druid. I delete the 1.1 gig partition we jus made to > free up the space for the Linux partitions, and for some reason, when i > try and create the root, /, partiton, it gives me the error, The > bootable partition doesnt have enuff free space. It lets me creat any > other partition i want, like /usr, or the swap partiton, but jus not the > / partition. Ive read somewhere that the first (bootable) partition, > which wuld be windoze of course, has to be within the first 1024 > cylenders of the drive? Is this true? If it is... is there anyway to > install and run a dual-boot system giving 10 gigs to win and 1.1 to > linux? > > Please help! I dont wannt my friend to sue me for messin his computer > up!!! (No offense dave, if ur readin this :-) > > Well, thanks in advance! See yall later!
