Quoting Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 16 Jun 2003 9:34 pm, Ralph Bagwell wrote: > > My effort to install Mandrake 9.1 on a PC that has Windows XP > > already installed has stopped at the "partitioning" phase twice . I > > now recall a comment somewhere that Linux doesn't like NTFS systems > > - Can I install on this XP machine that is using NTFS? If not can I > > use Partition Magic and create a FAT 32 partition and go from > > there? > > > > I'm on hold !! > > > > Thanks > > > > Ralph > > I don't know xp - never used it - but w2k had a partitioning tool > built in IIRC. If it's still there in windows, see if you can create > your fat32 partition there. > > Anne > > You won't be able to install linux on an NTFS partition - linux can read NTFS but writing is unreliable. You'll need to use some partioning tool to resize your NTFS partition so linux can be installed. I used partition magic pro - it can create Linux Ext2 partitions. Just make sure you back up your data first.
Nathan
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