They store the restore/recovery info in the hidden parts...Dell says you can't change it... Jaguar wrote: > Just out of curiosity...what is contained in these hidden partitions?? > Jaguar > > Don Macy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone running a "newer" Gateway or Dell may have problems patitioning the > > h/d...They both have hidden partitions that contain the o/s. as far as I > know there > > is no easy way around it...may have to check with the mfr. on this...I know > for a > > fact that Dell uses hidden parts...(~500 meg) on their drives... > > > > Regards, Don > > > > Richard Bonebrake wrote: > > > > > I ran into the same thing on mine. It was the size of my win98 > > > partition. Set your first partition down to about 7.5 gigs and the > > > others will install. You need to have your boot partition in the first > > > 1023 cylinders, under 8 gigs. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > First I'll state my current system configuration: > > > > > > > > Gateway 700MHz PIII, 192MB PC100, IBM DeskStar 27.4GB running on Promise > PCI > > > > ATA/66 Controller Card, 32MB nVidia GeForce 256, Soundblaster Live! > > > > > > > > I am currently running into two problems during installation of Mandrake > 7.0. > > > > > > > > The First: After partitioning my drive using Partition Magic to a > 4.084GB > > > > partition for Linux, I try to install BootMagic. The intallation > within > > > > Windows gives me an error message to the effect of: BootMagic > Installation > > > > cannot complete because: 1. There is no FAT16 or FAT32 partition > available > > > > under the 1024 cylinder or, 2. BootMagic is already installed on a > hidden > > > > partition. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > The Second, more important problem: When running the DrakX > installation > > > > utillity from CD-ROM I get to the drive mounting point, only to find > that > > > > Linux is not recognizing my drive (I suspect this is because my hdd is > > > > running from the ATA/66 Controller) I have tried all the drivers listed > and > > > > none of them will work. Also I found some instructions geared for Red > Hat 6.1 > > > > where you enter "text" at the boot: prompt and make changes manually. > > > > Mandrake 7 gives me the message, unable to locate kernel image "text". > > > > > > > > Is anyone willing to give me detailed instructions on how to fix this? > I > > > > have never even seen Linux running except for screenshots, so please > explain > > > > in plain terms. > > > > > > > > Thanks very much! > > > > > > > > Steve Gillson > > > > "DJ Phrenzy" > > The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com.
