teacher Posted May 18, 2003 Author Posted May 18, 2003 You mean I was suppose to read it, not just print it? :DHave the bios set right for booting. However, the PnP aware Bios I can not find anywhere. Would it be called something else? I have AMIBIOS for my set up. Quote
teacher Posted May 18, 2003 Author Posted May 18, 2003 There is a "boot to OS/2 > 64 MB set to no. That is all I see with OS in it. Quote
Bruno Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 the PnP aware Bios It should say PnP aware OS ( plug and play aware )boot to OS/2 > 64 MB set to no. Just leave that to NOB) Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 18, 2003 Author Posted May 18, 2003 I had to switch to my DVD drivel I have it as my D drive instead of my CD drive. Quote
Bruno Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 You can install from your DVD or from your CD-rom, whatever you like ! Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 18, 2003 Author Posted May 18, 2003 I think I just ran into a show stopper. It says my windows partition is not resizable. What now? Quote
Bruno Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 Wait for the new drive ! That probably means you have a recovery partition at the end of the disk ! Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 18, 2003 Author Posted May 18, 2003 Somehow I knew that was the answer. I am trying again to see what it does. Oops, it just finished again and said no. I should probably have the new drive tomorrow. It was sent 2-day from California on Thursday night so it will be Tuesday at the latest._________________Now a threadhead Quote
Bruno Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 Lets not force things, it only brings disaster !Gives you time to read the doc´s ! Download the quick install guide from the link I gave ! Always helps to do a bit of reading before starting a new adventure ! Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 18, 2003 Author Posted May 18, 2003 Okay, I switched it to the setting to use the free space and see what happens. It tells me it is too fragmented. I guess I will pull out and quit on it for the day. I'm back in windows for now. Quote
Bruno Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 Once you have the new drive, you´ll have more space too, all clean 20 G !Those two days won´t kill us ! Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 Okay - my screen says filesystemtype: Journalised FS: ext 3 Mount point: /Do I need to put anything there? This is my new 30G HD. It is not formatted yet.Do I want /boot, /home, /tmp, /usr, /var, /var/ft/ /far/www? My guess is boot. Am I right Quote
Bruno Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 No JournasledFS Ext3 for / is OK but not for the full 30G !/ should be 2 or 3 G <-------( like C: in windows )The rest should be /home <------ (like D: or E: in windows ) Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 I think I see what is going on. The Windows at the top will let me go 29325 and then it says FAT32. Do I want to leave that at Fat32 or should I changeit to one of the other options like Linux native? Do I put anything for the Mount point like from my other list? Quote
Bruno Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 Mandrake will change that Fat automatically to Ext3 no worries. Leave the mount point to its default.You´re NOT still in windows are you ? Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 Partitions section #63 (29GB) and sector #126 (792) are overlapping. I guess this means I need to go find those and adjust the size? Quote
Bruno Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 What are you doing ? Are you still in Windows ? Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 No I am NOT in windows. I have this funny blue screen that says Mandrake Linux 9.1 Installation and it is on the step labeled partitioning. It is trying to figure out what to do with my new drive. Right now it has 3 G as the journalized FS and it is trying to get me to tell it what to do with the rest. I put it on FAT32 with a mount point of /home and it tellsi me I need a "true filesystem (et2/est3. reoserfs, xfs or js for this mount point. What do I tell it? Can I click on the auto allocate at the bottom and will it do it automatically without the knows nothing person interferring? Quote
Bruno Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 That is a relief ! I put it on FAT32 with a mount point of /home That should be Ext3 ! Then you´re all right to go !Auto allocate is OK too ! Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 I'm not sure I am okay now. It shows me with two /home, 1 swap, and 1 Journalised FS. Should the two /home be one? Is there an easy way to do that if that is the case? Or can I just leave it be? Quote
Bruno Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 Swap will be automaticilly done by default ! Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 The /swap is OKthe small /home should be / <------ just ¨/¨the big /home is OKB) Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 Good grief. I keep getting a message saying partitions sector #16128 (2.1GB) and sector #126 (24GB) are overlapping. The darn thing shows empty space as well. What am I doing wrong? I have tried the resize button and making it smaller, but that just gives me the empty space. Quote
GolfProRM Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 I would just clear the whole scheme (there's a button to do so I think) and then auto-allocate Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 I would just clear the whole scheme (there's a button to do so I think) and then auto-allocate BINGO! Quote
teacher Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 Isn't it exciting, Teach? I don't know yet. It is kind of fun but I am also pulling my hair out. My husband moved my cheat sheet and I just now found it. It must have been him, I never would have moved it from one computer to the other! Quote
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