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Re: Q regarding partition during RH 4.0 installation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Mon Oct 21 18:35:03 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:38:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@phy.duke.edu>
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996 hara@socrates.insight.att.com wrote:
> My next problem is regarding partition process that comes up during the installation.
> I currently have the following hardware on my machine:
> hda - hda1 - 405M - DOS native
> hdb - hdb1 - 200M - DOS native
> - hdb2 - 300M - Linux native - with slackware 1.0 on it (time to upgrade :) )
> - hdb3 - 16M - Linux swap
> hdc - CDROM
> hda & hdb are on ide0 and hdc is on ide1
> Now, after asking if there are any SCSI devices, the installation process goes into
> partitioning menu. Here, I am confused. I already have the partitions and would just like
> to reformat hdb2 and install RH4.0 there. I do not want to do any partioning. Please let
> me know how I should proceed without messing up DOS/windows stuff. Also, let me know if
> you need further clarification.
I've done this. Just click "done." and no partitioning is done. In fact,
the installer never does any partitioning; you do. If you wanted to
repartition hdb, for example, you would highlight hdb and click "edit."
You would be dumped into a vt with fdisk running. When done editing the
partition table, you would write changes (w) and automatically exit back
to the install script. After editing any and all partition tables like this,
you click "done."
Then thje installer recommends reformatting all your partitions. This is
where you have to be careful. Make *sure* any partitions you don't want
to lose are -not- selected. Make sure again. One more time. Then proceed.
Kyle Ferrio
kbf@phy.duke.edu (919) 660-2518 office
Duke University, Dept. of Physics (919) 660-2525 FAX
Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305, USA
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