Re: I CAN'T INSTALL

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From: James Moss
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00

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I think that Linux needs to have a native partition.
Do you have fat32?

If not try using fips to shrink your partitions and create "empty" space
that linux fdisk can fromat as native.

Chris Ververidis wrote in message <6u6odp$o10@dg2.iunet.it>...
>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?
>
>

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From: "James Moss" <mossjb@dnr.qld.gov.au>
Subject: Re: I CAN'T INSTALL
Date: 1998/09/22
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