| Grex > Micros > #203: Creating a new partition |
| Creating a new partition | 
Apr 9 18:48 UTC 1999 |
I am trying to install Linux onto my pc .. i already have windows on one partition and would like to add another partition.. when i use cfdisk or fdisk from linux and try to creat another partition i can not for some reason. if anyone knows how i can go by doing so then please leave a response .. thank you very much and have a nice day! :P
| response 1 of 13: |
Apr 10 14:58 UTC 1999 |
If you already have windows installed, you need to run something like FIPS (on the linux cd) or Norton's Disk Magic. I think it's Norton's. Anyways, you can't just make a partition where there is already one, you have to shrink the existing one. Your other option is to wipe the drive clean, create two (three if you want a swap partition) partitions, install linux into the second one, then install windows into the first one. I usually get a nice clean installation this way, only having to reboot once more with my boot disks and run lilo again.
| response 2 of 13: |
Apr 15 00:54 UTC 1999 |
To add to that: Before you run fips, befure and defrag your HD first. As to the inclusion of /swap, it's my understanding that you _must_ include that as one of the std. partitions. At least that's how it was with Red Hat.
| response 3 of 13: |
Apr 16 17:44 UTC 1999 |
re #2: actually, it's not /swap ... mounting a partition at /swap won't make it swap space. you need to create the partition as type linux swap instead of linux native, and it can't be mounted.