fc-10/windows xp installation

pete b. phpete48 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 5 00:31:54 UTC 2009


Prior to making the changes discussed in the replies, I should make sure
the correct harddrive is selected.  The following info is displayed.
sda | 80GB | ATA ...
sdb | ...       | ...
sdc | 80GB | FUJITSU ...

How can I find out if my windows xp C:\partition is sda or sdc?

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:16 PM, pete b. <phpete48 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I'm doing is installing fedora-10 so I can dual boot either fc-10 or
> windows-xp.
> windows-xp already exists using 26GB of 80GB on the HD.
> I go thru a few menus.  Then I get to the partitioning and have problems.
>
> I selected "use free space of selected drives and create default layout".
> 1 drive is selected and the same drive is chosen to boot from.
>
> The response is:
> 1. Could not allocate requested partitions. Not enough space left to create
> partition for /boot.
>
> 2. Have not defined a root partition.
>
> What is going on with this?  Is there a reliable fix?
> FYI pehaps I selected the wrong disk (I have two).  Is there a method to
> find out
> the manufacturer of a disk from windows?
>
> thx much,
> peter
>
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