Re: First time Linux installation - help appreciated

["Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo hetnet nl>]

		Hi Oded,

> In the RedHat FAQ they say that if I don't get the 'automatic partitioning'
> option I need to use fips.exe to initially split my HD into 2 paritions and
> that would solve the problem. I used fips.exe and it did its work loyally - at
> my windows I see now three HD (C, D, E) . But when I run Seawolfs' Linux
> installation again, I had the same problem - I didn't have the 'automatic
> partitioning' option, but this time I had my hdb with two partitions on it,
> which is good, BUT, both of them where 100% full.
>  
> Am I overlooking something?

 You need to create Linux ext2 partitions (type 0x83) to install Linux on. You 
can't use FAT partitions for this (at least not easily). You will first have 
to create them using fdisk or disk druid. Since you want to use the second 
disk you will have to target fdisk or disk druid to /dev/hdb, not /dev/hda. I 
have the feeling that you might have splitted the FAT partition on the first 
disk in two, not the one on the second disk...
 Anyway, if the second disk (/dev/hdb) only contains one 5 GB partition you 
should be able to create Linux partitions in the free space of it. I would 
suggest for now you just make one / (root) partition of about 3 to 4 GB and a 
/home partition of whatever size the data is you want to store, and of course 
a swap file of 2 to 4 times the size of your physical memory. Note that if you 
share a /home partition with multiple Linux installations you have to be aware 
that the UID's and GID's on both systems correspond.

					Good luck,

					Leonard.