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On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, John James wrote:

> I wish to install RH 5.2 on my Win95 machine which has Drive E: (890 Mb)
> free for this.  However when I try to install I am offered drive hda1
> and hda2 and advised to delete the DOS details for hda2.
> 
> I am afraid to do this as I feel this will also wipe all the data I have
> on drive D: which also resides on hda2.
> 
> Can any one help please?

Your problem is most likely that drive E is a logical, extended drive.

When you run DOS fdisk, and look at the partition information, do you have
an extended partition?

If so, your only solution is to backup your D drive, then delete it,
recreate your D drive as a *primary* partition, put your data back, then
use the remaining space for Linux.

Unfortunately, under DOS, this isn't possible. DOS's fdisk only allows one
primary partition per disk.

So you have to use an more enlightened operating system to partition your
disk - or, alternatively, make ONLY your C: drive under DOS, and then do
the rest with Linux.

The first step is _back up your existing drives_. Any time you play with
fdisk and aren't 1005 sure of what you're doing, you run the risk of
losing all your partition data. Follow the 11th commandment. Thou Shalt
Make Backups!

DaZZa