Re: Installation help

[andy7308 comcast net]

Jon,
    Sorry to be so dense on this but I have never tried installing Linux on
a Intel machine that already has an OS installed. Here is what I have so
far.

The 20 Gb disk (/dev/hda) has three partitions -
partition /dev/hda1 is drive C which is formatted as FAT32  start at 1 end
at 64 size of 502M;

partition /dev/hda2 start at 65 end at 2490 size 19030M type extended. On
this partition is drive D, /dev/hda5, which is formatted as NFTS where the
WIN 2000 OS is installed start 65 end 701 size 4996M. Drive D has as logical
drive associated with it, Drive E, which is also formatted as NFTS start 702
end 892 size 1498M; then there is free space that is not formatted or
assigned start 893 end 2490 size 12535 M;

partition /dev/hda3 start 2491 end 2491 size 7M Linux native. I am not sure
how that got there unless it is left over from one of my previous
unsuccessful attempts at trying to install Linux.

I have booted redhat7.2, chose text, chose custom install, selected
DiskDruid and that is where I am currently setting.

I would appreciate any help or links that I could go to, so this would be
hopefully my last attempt at installing.

Thanks for your time and patience with me in this matter.


Gary Anderson
University of Phoenix Online

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Adam" <jonadam knowhownet net>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: Installation help


>
>
> During the installation it will get to the stage to setup grub.  You can
> the click on add, and it will autodetect your other harddisk and operating
> system and you just tell it to add it into grub.  It is pretty simple, you
> just have to know to look for add when it is setting up grub during the
> installation.  Please let me know if you need anything else.
>
> Jon
>
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 andy7308 comcast net wrote:
>
> > Jon,
> >     Thanks for the information. I will certainly give that a try. Could
you
> > expand on what you mean when you said "Then all you have to do is point
grub
> > to the other partitions and you should be set." How do I point grub to
the
> > other partitions?
> >
> > Gary Anderson
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon Adam" <jonadam knowhownet net>
> > To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: Installation help
> >
> >
> > > Gary,
> > >
> > > I would suggest using the other disk partitioning software with the
redhat
> > > installer.  Fdisk is very hard to use, and Disk Druid is very simple
and
> > > powerful.  It shows you your other partitions and allows you to take
the
> > > check mark away from the partitions you don't want messed with.  Then
all
> > > you have to do is point grub to the other partitions and you should be
> > > set.
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 andy7308 comcast net wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am resubmitting this because I had not previously posted it a
> > members-only list and I was a non-member. I have since signed up.
> > > >
> > > > I have loaded a spare machine with Win2000. I partitioned the disk
> > during install as C is Fat 32 - 500 Mb, D is NTFS - 5 Gb, E is NTFS -
1.5
> > Gb. I left the rest unformatted. The machine has a 20 Gb hard drive,
CDROM
> > and floppy with 128Mb of Ram and 1 Ghz CPU. I want to install RedHat
7.2,
> > which I downloaded and burned the isos to CDs, on part of the remaining
free
> > space (5 Gb for Linux and 2 Gb for Linus swap) and another operating
system
> > on the remainder. When I installed RedHat 7.2 I entered text at the boot
> > prompt and went through the installation environment questions. I
selected
> > custom install, fdisk and edit. This is where things because less clear.
The
> > install process finished but when I rebooted the system came up with an
> > error - Win2000 kernel file corrupted. I have went through the install
> > process twice and both times ended up with the same error and I had to
> > reload. Currently the machine is configured as described in the first
> > sentence and does not have any othe!
> > > r OS on it. Could you offer some advise and possibly a step-by-step to
get
> > me through this.
> > > >
> > > > I appreciate any suggestions, help or possible links you can
provide.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Gary Anderson
> > > >
> > >
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