Re: Unallocated Requested Partition

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:06:26AM -0700, Ali Nayeri wrote:
> Hi,

> I'm a new Linux user and I'm trying to install RedHat Linux 7.1 on
> my WinMe system. But when I run the installation it tells me that
> the automatic partitioning can't be done. So I used Disk Druid to do
> the partitioning.  But even with that I can't create partitions. It
> says there is not enough space.

Use fdisk instead of Disk Druid.  Send us the result of the "p"
command in fdisk.

> My Hard Drive is 60GB. I understand that Linux can't work on HDs
> bigger than 8GB

Not true.

> and I read some of your solutions but I really didn't
> understand them. So if someone could explain it in a simpler form, I would
> be thankful.  Also keep in mind, I don't want to loose anything in my WinMe
> system until I'm comfortable with Linux.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ali

Cheers,
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