Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Okay . . and it is "umounted " ?? . . . Now you have several other buttons in the left panel have you ? Can you list them for me ?? Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Okay here is the image.http://img183.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img183&ima...enshot203lq.jpg Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Okay . . good . . .but we need more buttons . . . . press the "Toggle to expert mode" button in the bottom and you will get even more buttons . . . . Then make sure you are still on D: . . . and push the resize button . . a little window will pop up with a slider . . . . . . take 10 G off . . then show me another shotB) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Well I did what you said and he naughty computer said "this drive is not resizeable". Arrrrrh! No back talk from you computer . . . walk the plank! Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 If ALL the data from that D: is backed up we can delete the partition and make a new ( smaller ) D: first . . and after that use the free space for making a SUSE partition. Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 If ALL the data from that D: is backed up we can delete the partition and make a new ( smaller ) D: first . . and after that use the free space for making a SUSE partition. Bruno<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The only thing that appears to be on the D: is the trashbin. I removed everything else. I mainly used it to store pictures. Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Press the Delete button . . . . . and tell me what happensB) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 A picture is worth a thousand words . . . . http://img183.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img183&ima...enshot304sl.jpg Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 HURRAY !!Now click onn the empty part and press "Create" or something like that . . . . we will first make a small Win partition . . . ( FAT 32 )( I need to know what buttons you have in the left panel . . you can remove old screenshots if you need to so you can upload new ones ) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Okay this is what happened. http://img183.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img183&ima...enshot550bj.jpg Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Change that filesystem type to FAT32 ( DOS ) . . and the mountpoint to /mnt/win_dThen press OKB) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Okay I did what you said. It added the partition and the rest is open. Do you want a screenshot? Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Yep . . first click on the empty space and make a shot so I can see the buttons you have in the left panel :DB) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 http://img183.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img183&ima...enshot577mc.jpghttp://img183.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img183&ima...enshot569ay.jpgOkay Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Okay . . ther is only one button . . . "Create" and that is what we will do . . . . :DNow when you get the pop-up here is what needs to be inside: Start Sector: ???????Size in MB: Push it to the maxFilesystem: Type: Journaled FS ReiserFSMount point: EMPTY . . ( there is a possebillity to leave that empty ! NO mountpoint )Preference: Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Okay I entered you info and I have a DISKDRAKE message:the package reiserfsprog is needed. Install it? Yes/No. I presume "yes" Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Sure . . YES . . and give it the CD it asks for :DB) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Okay it install the package and created the partition. I am copying a screenshot now. Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Great news !!If I am not mistaken the SUSE partition will be hda6 . . . now write that on your sleeve so you do not forget . . . . . and reboot to see what Windows is saying about the new D: you created ;)I will be inspecting the last screenshot Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 I think it is 6.http://img183.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img183&ima...enshot349ep.jpg<img src="http://img183.exs.cx/img183/6539/screenshot349ep.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /> Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 I have to click "done" first before I reboot, don't I? Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 When you click on it it will show what partition it is , . . . . . and how big . . .and what format :DB) Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 I have to click "done" first before I reboot, don't I?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep !! . . . and then check your Windows install . . . and come back to Mandrake for a last check :DB) Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Well I clicked done (twice) and rebooted. I did not go to windows or the boot loader but receieved this is the message: "Type thename of the command interpreter (e.g. c:\windows\command.com)a> Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Did you get the LILO bootloader . . . with Mandrake and Windows listed ?Can you boot Mandrake ? Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Sorry a little panic made me forget some details. Okay. After I rebooted I go to LILO and I have all my choices. I clicked windows and received this message:"Type thename of the command interpreter (e.g. c:\windows\command.com)a>" I did reboot again an went into Mandrake 9.2. That is where I am at right now. Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Looks like Windows had its start files on a hidden part of the D partition . . . . you will need to do a repair install of Windows . . . it will make a new partition for those files and so hda5 will most likely become hda6 . . and hda6 will be hda7 . . . ( or it will make a hda2 and leave the numbers as they are )A repair install is possible without you losing your files on C: . . . but if you want to make sure you do not loose "My Documents" copy the most important ones over to Mandrake just to be sure ( you can still go "in" windows C: from Mandrake )Gaucho had the same not long ago and a repair fixed it . . . but you need the mandrake boot-CD after that because Windows will overwrite the MBR . . so we need to restore the Lilo later using the boot CD. Bruno Quote
Shamgar Posted February 27, 2005 Author Posted February 27, 2005 Okay, I have Windows backed up. You want me to reboot with my windows 98 disk in the cdrom and hit install? Quote
Bruno Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Is it Win 98 ?? . . . . And it had its startfiles on D ? . . .Very unusual . . . . . :'(Anyway . . yes that is what I want you to do . . simply install win 98 on C . . . . ( I doubt if win 98 had the "repair" option . . . but I could be wrong ) . . . . you have it all backed up so what can you loose ??Sorry Sham . . . . it was all going so well up to now . . . . . Well, we have the partitions set up, a quick install of 98 and we are ready for the big jump to SUSE ( tomorrow )Do check after the Windows install with your Drake boot CD what the partition numbers are ! . . . And you can restore lilo with # /sbin/lilo No worries because Windows wlll boot after that because it will again be on C BrunoPS: What a wild adventure . . . . isn't it ? Quote
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