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Article #1337Re: Linux Install problem.
From: David M.J.
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 00:00
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I want to explain you my own experience what I do is I install win98 or whatever and after that I install Partition Magik and you and you have to configure all the spaqce needed to linux like unformatted ok?? After that, you run the linux installer and configure the linux partition with the defaults programs of the cd. That's is what I do I expect help you Good luck "Nick" <emails@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:39d9d299$0$12445$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au... > I'm a windows user (currently using Windows Me). I'm trying to install Red > Hat Linux 6.2 but there's a BIG problem. > I've one harddisk (IBM 20.1Gb). I've put it into 4 equal partition with 5Gb > each. Once I put in the Linux CD-Rom and try to install it. An error message > pop out every time, which say : "...device hda is not partition porperly... > no such file or directory." > I've try to re-partition to almost any combination ( 5x4Gb, 2x10Gb, etc) The > only case work (to go through the problem) is when there's no partition at > all, which I mean only one primary drive with 20Gb. > But I can't just purly switch to Linux, I still need Windows for others jobs > to be done. > Please HELP. > > Nick > nicomail@optusnet.com.au > >
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