Re: I CAN'T INSTALL

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From: Rick Vargo
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 00:00

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Nathan Nourse wrote:

> I hate to tell you this Chris, but you are not going to have a choice but to
> repartition.  In Linux you must have a root "/" partition and a swap partition
> and you do not seem to have enough space to handle linux and 98 at the same time
> with your current setup. Sorry.
> Been there, Nate
>
> Chris Ververidis wrote:
>
> > Altough i tried with all the conventional methods i can't install
> > Red Hat Linux 5.0 on my PC without destroying my primary Win98
> > partition.
> > I have a 2,1GB Maxtor HD with 2 partitions on it.Primary (active):1,8GB and
> > extended 0,2GB.When trying to make the partitions i have this error:"You
> > must assign a root partition to a linux native partition for install to
> > procede".Why?
> > What can i do to install correctly Linux without repartition all of my disk?

You can also use a partitioning program like partition magic to shrink down your
windows partition.

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From: Rick Vargo <rick@yukon.iserv.net>
Subject: Re: I CAN'T INSTALL
Date: 1999/01/03
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