I am going to assume you have a minimal Win95/98 that you are using now . OK
then look for a utility called Ranish Partition Manager to donwload (free)
defrag your drive, and to simplify things create a 120mb swap and an
/partition into which mandrake will sort itself out, like many you will
probably rearrange everything several times as you learn more!!
"Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 3:31 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] no available partitions
> tried that...doesn't work.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Kinsey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 6:57 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] no available partitions
> >
> > You could fdisk the partition and leave it as free space. You should
then
> > be
> > able to install linux on the free space. *i think*
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Pittman, Merle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 6:39 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] no available partitions
> >
> >
> > > I am trying to install mandrake 7.02 on a old P133.
> > > The install hangs when it comes to the partitioning sectiona nd says
> > that
> > > "it can find no available partitions", I know this is false, I have 1
> > GB
> > > partition with nothing on it. Is there a certain format the partition
> > > should be in for the install to recognize it??
> > >
> > >
> > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> > > Merle Pittman
> > > xwave solutions
> > > 709-724-7598
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> > >
