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Article #88Re: linux install help
From: michael james obrien
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 19:55
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 19:55
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Nick, You have two partitions. You need to change the empty one to ext2 with disk druid. Then specify that partition for / nick nack (dindinicknospam@hotmail.com) wrote: : hello. : i have linux redhat 6 ( i know its old! ) and i can't install it. : maybe some one here can help me with that.... : here is what i didn't from the start untill it start with the error message : : : i started with the win98 rescuse disk so i have cd rom support. : i run the file "ezstart.bat" from the cd in drive F: : i choose the A option (zero floppy diskette install) ---> English : language ---> us keybord ---> install from local cd ---> install new : system ---> custom ---> no scsi ---> Disk druid . : now i cane to a screen " current disk partitions " i have here two device : : hda1 & hda5 both are win95 FAT32 ( i have one hard disk split to two useing : PowerQuest PartitionMagic Pro 6.0 ). : whan i tring to hit "next" i get the message : : "no root partition - you must assign a root (/) partition to a kinux native : partition (ext2) for the install to proceed". : i tried to use the "add" option and the "edit" option a few times but i : always got this message. : i know its the must newbie question there is but a man need to start : sometimes :) : if u can help me with a simple explanation i'll be happy to get it here or : to my E-mail (dindinicknospam@hotmail.com ). : thanks in advenced, : R Z. : israel. : dindinicknospam@hotmail.com : -- : remove the "nospam" to replay, thanks.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100a19,8001112935af4145 X-Google-Attributes: gid100a19,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,8001112935af4145 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public X-Google-Thread: 10a997,8001112935af4145 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a997,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,8001112935af4145 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-21 13:02:01 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!sfo2-feed1.news.digex.net!intermedia!lynx.unm.edu!aix01.unm.edu!mobrien From: mobrien@aix01.unm.edu (michael james obrien) Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: linux install help Followup-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup Date: 21 May 2001 19:55:37 GMT Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 44 Message-ID: <9ebrrp$u9g$3@lynx.unm.edu> References: <9e6j6d$4ut$1@news.netvision.net.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: aix01.unm.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]