Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Okay . . if there is "Mount Point" it means it is not mounted . . so unmounting is not needed . . . so format is enough :"> . . . format goes so fast that you will not notice it is done . . . Could you choose "what format" you wanted to format ?? Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 no i couldnt thats the problem.i can choose mount point though.after clicking format i click ok on the worning popup and nothing happens.still i see 2 blue partitions.blue means windows :"> Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Gaucho . . there is a large button in the bottom of that GUI saying "troggle expert mode" . . press that button !You get more options . . one of them is "Type" . . . that is what you want ! . . then set it to "ReiserFS" and then press "Format":"> Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 ok,now it works,only i dont know what to choose after type?there is no reiser option. :"> Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 The option is called:Journalised FS: ReiserFS4th from the top :"> Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 it was soooo stupid of me :"> it is all done.ill reboot now and configure everything .might take a while Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Nooo problem Gaucho ! ;)You still have a /swap partition from the Fedora have you ??:"> Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 actually i dont,i formatted the whole hd couple of times already :)i only have 2 partitions now.first reiser and second one is windows.i rebooted the system and configured all the settings.works fine :"> Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 one more thing.mousse wheel doesnt work.should i choose wheel options in usb mouse gui?i chose generic 3button wheel mouse.i only have two buttons :"> Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 How many MB memory do you have on that system ? And what hda?? did you just format and what is the number of the Windows hda?? And what is on that partition ? BrunoPS: We will do the mouse after the install . . . 3 button means wheelmouse with a right and a left button . . . you can press the wheel that is the 3rd button ( 2 functions on the wheel :"> ) Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 reiser one is hda1 and has 19GB.windows one has 17GB and is hda5.out there i have all the windows things. Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Sorry . . one other step before we can do the install . . . Just take 500 MB of the hda1 . . . . resize in "expert mode" and choose type "swap" ( first option ) and format . . . you will have to reboot again . . . . Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 ok.i have 500MB for swap and 18GB of reiser.its mount point is / .is it ok?swap is hda1 now.is it ok? Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 PERFECT !!!!! :DJust reboot and do your configure trick again ( last time . . because after the install your steeings are saved )Just to be sure: Log in as Guest Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 oops,it got renamed.now swap is hda1 reiser is hda5 and windows is hda6 .is it still ok? Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 That is still Okay Gaucho . . because the bootloader of PCLos will include windows too ( maybe we have to add it, but that is simple ) . . . No problem !!Okay . . go for the install and remember . . no more formatting . . ( uncheck the box ! ) . . and the bootloader "LILO" in the MBR . . . ( hda )Go for it and keep us posted ! . . Any questions . . I am right here ! Ask before you take the wrong decision :DB) BrunoPS: Normally re-numbering is a problem . . but because you ONLY have windows there, in this case it is not ! Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 ok.am back.the only problem is that my windows doesnt wanna boot now.it says error starting os.but anyways i can install windows later.eventually i want to have linux only but since i know so little about linux i wanted to keep it alive.can i first install pclos and the windows? Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 it still recogniezes this one partition as a windows one but it isnt bootable apparently.i must have done something wrong Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Just install PCLos . . and you will see that after that your Windows will boot again . . . this is just because Win went from hda5 to hda6 . . so the Win bootloader is messed up . . . but we do not need the Win bootloader anymore because we will use LILO . . and we will point lilo to hda6 for Windows . . . And Win will boot again without any hickups :DIf there should however be a failure with Win ( Highly unlikely ! ). . . . we have to make a boot CD for PCLos so we can restore the Lilo after you re-installed Windows . . . No Worries . . .Start the install :DB) BrunoPS: Just for later reference: This is the part we have to add to /etc/lilo.conf to include your Windows: other=/dev/hda6 Â Â Â Â label="windows" Â Â Â Â table=/dev/hda I will help you with it after the install Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 allrigty Bruno.you know the best .i am just about to start installing.probably will be posting soon Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 ok Bruno you will have to hold me by tha hand now .i click next innstead of disk partitioner right? Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Go for it Gaucho . . . it is a really simple install . . fully automatic . . . just make the right choices like I told you :DFingers crossed ;) Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 ok Bruno you will have to hold me by tha hand now .i click next innstead of disk partitioner right?Yep !!! . . skip the partitioner . . . we have partitions Bruno Quote
gauchoperezoso Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 i clicked on next couple off times and now it is installing all the things.ill be posting every now and then.i do keep my fingers crossed Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 GREAT !!! BrunoUPDATE: This is taking long. . . . . I am worried . . what happened ?? Quote
ross549 Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Bruno...... in my install PCLos detected the windows partition and put a lilo entry in... thought you should know. It was fully automatic. Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 LOL . . . Adam . . I do not have Windows . . . . . . 4 computers . . no Windows . . I know Mandrake includes it . . and previous the PCLos 5 did not . . . but have no way of checking ;) Burno Quote
ross549 Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 I know..... that is why I mentioned it.... :lol:Where's Gauchoperezoso? :DAdam Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Where's Gauchoperezoso? Well if you ask me . . . . . nooooo idea . . . . Man I hope there is nothing wrong like a blown up laptop . . . getting really nervous here . . . Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Gaucho,It is getting late . . . . and you have not been back yet . . . I seriously hope that there is nothing serious that happened. Can't imagine what went wrong . . . . all was going so smooth and fine . . . it did look really good, we passed all the critical points, nothing that could go wrong anymore . . I am logging out of the forum now and hope to see you posted a reassuring message as I log back in tomorrow moring. ;) Bruno Quote
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