On Monday 08 January 2001 02:40 am, you wrote:
> This is my very first post. hope it doesn't violate any of your rules.
>
> When I try and install my 7.2 powerpack deluxe distro I get to the stage of
> repartitioning my hard disk. The software gives you a choice of three
> options. The manual says that if you choose the middle option it will
> automatically repartition your hard disk for Linux use (I don't want to get
> rid of windows). When I select the middle option (use free space on the
> windows partition) it gives me this error message:
> Partitioning failed: The FAT resizer is unable to handle your partition,
> the following error occured: Can't locate object method "new" via package
> "resize_fat::main" at /usr/bin/perl-install/install-interactive.pm line
> 108, <> line 6.
>
> Whats up?
> If the installation software can't repartition my hard drive then I'll have
> to do it myself. How many partitions do I need to make with diskdrake and
> what do I need to set the mounting points as?
Now, I'm a newbie myself, but I somewhat grasp how this partitioning thing
works.
At a minimum, you only need one partition mounted as /. You can create as
many as you want and mount them as any other folder. Also, I've never used
any partitioning software in Linux so you have to make sure it resizes the
other partition(s) on that disk in order to create your partition and not
just deletes it since this may make your other OSes or programs in the OSes
not work correctly.
