Jim....make a /boot (10-15 meg) partition first then your swap
and finally your /.
Alan
Jim Garner wrote:
>
> I just got a new HD, IBM 14Gb 7200rpm. I decided that I wanted a big chunk
> for my win audio stuff (I know, windows sucks, but it has amazing audio
> progs for it!!), and a small one for Mandrake Linux 6.1. Here's what I did:
>
> I ran Partition Magic 4.0 (Win98) made a big 11.5Gb part as FAT32 for win
> progs, files and etc., and left 2.5Gb free space. Then I ran the Mandrake
> install and got to Disk Druid. The strange thing is, that it named my
> drives "hda", and "hdc", instead of "hda" and "hdb"!! So I thought, ok
> maybe this is the way it's supposed to be. I put a 128Mb part for swap on
> the free space, then I tried to make a root "/" partition of 1Gb, but it
> said "Insufficient memory" and wouldn't let me do the full 1Gb! Here's what
> I put in when I clicked "ADD":
> --------------------------------------------------
> Mount: /
> size: 1000 Type: Linux Native
> Grow to fill?:[](no)
> hda[](no)
> hdc[*](yes)
> --------------------------------------------------
> I kept lowering the size, but the lowest I could do was 1Mb, which is WAY
> WAY less than I have! So I thought maybe I need to make a "/home" part
> first, so I did, same size (1Gb), same settings as above, and it made it, no
> probs at all!! So how do I get this root put on? Please help!!
>
> Also, I deleted the parts I made in Disk Druid and then tried Fdisk, but it
> says something like this:
> --------------------------------------------------
> This drive excedes 1024 cylinders it may cause problems with booting, and
> other OS's
> --------------------------------------------------
> ????????????????????????????
>
> THANKS For any help!!!!
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