RedHat Linux installation Question

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Feb 6th, 2003, 09:56 PM
ALundrigan

RedHat Linux installation Question

I'm trying to install RedHat Linux 6 on my secondary PC (PII 300MHZ MMX). I have a few questions about it:

Right now Windows 2000 Pro occupies the 4 gig hard drive in that computer. There's also a 340 MB hard drive in there. Can I dual boot Win2k and RedHat on the same 4 gig hard drive, or will Linux fit on the 340 MB disk?

Perhaps more urgent is the fact that I can't get it to install. I pop in the CD, and the boot loader attempts to start the installation. After displaying something about a 1.44 MB floppy (which isn't installed :o) it says 'boot failed'. Sometimes it goes to the next line 'SYSLINUX ...' and then fails. Any idea why this is happening.

Thanks in advance!
Feb 7th, 2003, 10:57 AM
JoshT

Quote:

Right now Windows 2000 Pro occupies the 4 gig hard drive in that computer. There's also a 340 MB hard drive in there. Can I dual boot Win2k and RedHat on the same 4 gig hard drive, or will Linux fit on the 340 MB disk?

What does Red Hat say for a minimum install size in MB? There are barebones versions of Linux that fit on a floppy, but you really need to figure out how big the applications you want to run will take up. IMHO, I found it easier to install Windows 2k and Linux on seperate hard drives when I tried it.
Feb 7th, 2003, 11:02 AM
ALundrigan

How about partitioning the drive 70/30, with Linux occupying the smaller half. How would I be able to dual boot them from the same hard drive?
Feb 8th, 2003, 04:11 PM
VisionIT

Sorry about this... but it's too hard to resist :D

How can Linux take up the smaller half when it's a 70/30 split? Also... the smaller half phrase shouldn't exist either!

:D :confused: :D

Oh well, i feel complete now. Sarcasm is one of my strong points.

Regards,

Paul.
Feb 8th, 2003, 08:07 PM
ALundrigan

LOL. I knew someone out there wouldn't be able to resist ;)
Feb 9th, 2003, 12:53 AM
Sastraxi

You don't miss anything Vision... was just about to post that ;).

My new computer goes something like this (well not something, it DOES go like this... ;)).

80gb HDD:
40gb NTFS (Win2k)
20gb FAT32 (Data)
20gb ReiserFS (Gentoo)

I doubt most people will need 20gb for their linux partitions, but I do like to have lots of space to... experiment (I have filled up a 10gb partition before, and its a pain looking for stuff you can delete!).