Error when trying to partition...
I have been trying to install Linux on my computer for the past 2 days now. When it comes to partitioning the hard drive i select 'automatic partition' but i always get this error:
Could not allocate requested partition.
Could not allocate partition as primary partition
Now i dont really want to do the paritioning manually as i dont know a great deal about it.
so does anyone have any ideas about this?
My system is a Pentium 4 - 2.4ghz
256 MB RAM
75GB hard - file system NTFS
kb posted this at 20:10 — 30th June 2003.
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i have found you arent allowed to partition the drive you are currently running from...i don't know how others manage getting around this, but...
WuLabsWuTecH posted this at 20:38 — 30th June 2003.
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I have never actually done it on automatic before but alwas manually. What you might want to try first is to format the drive first before partioning it...
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go2jacks posted this at 20:38 — 30th June 2003.
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hmm...maybe i will need to format my hard drive and then create the partitions?
go2jacks posted this at 20:39 — 30th June 2003.
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ok. i'll give that a go.
gona have to back up everything now
ORBITnet posted this at 02:27 — 3rd July 2003.
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Linux cant creat a partition if you alrady have a partition the best thing to do is, if your going to use Windows and Linux on the same system, creat a Prm partion using FDISK / DOS, but do not use all the space on your HDD. use what you need to install Windows and Other Programs, then Leve the space you need to install Linux. after you install Windows, you can run the Linux setup form the CD, then Linux will detect the free space and it will creat the pations on the Unpation Space..... and Linux will detect the Windows and will let you choos a boot loder.... all you have to do is click next
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mairving posted this at 11:53 — 3rd July 2003.
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Unless you are using Windows 98, fdisk is pretty much gone. What flavor of Linux are you trying to install? Are you trying to run it with Windows?
go2jacks posted this at 16:53 — 3rd July 2003.
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im trying to install red hat 9.0
What do you mean by "run it with windows?"
What I want is for Windows XP to be my default OS, and Linux as a second OS.
When i first install linux i accidently installed it over everything, so i lost all my info etc. But when i started my computer up it came to a screen which let me choose which OS i wanted, but it only had Linux to select, so im guessing if i have both linux and XP then the same screen will come up and it can choose between the two?
mairving posted this at 20:36 — 3rd July 2003.
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Run it with Windows as in 'install it on the same computer in a different partition.
I would install XP first, leaving some empty area on your hard drive of about 5-10GB (depending on your hard drive). Example:
40GB Hard Drive, Create a partition of 30GB leaving the rest as free space.
When XP is up and running, install RedHat on the empty free space. Install the boot loader, lilo, I think, reboot and you should be able to choose both OS's. Make sure that you make a RedHat bootdisk, in case XP overwrites the boot sector.
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