Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Interests > Tilted Technology


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 01-29-2004, 02:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Partitioning

How do you partition a HDD?? I was planning to make a 40gb partition to install Linux Redhat on my 120 GB HDD.
muckluck is offline  
Old 01-29-2004, 02:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
Gentlemen Farmer
 
j8ear's Avatar
 
Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey
what's on the 120gb hardrive now?

Has all the space been already allocated to a single partition?

Probably the simplest answer will be:

Partition Magic.

Your linux install will have a partitioning tool as well.

-bear
__________________
It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.
j8ear is offline  
Old 01-29-2004, 03:06 PM   #3 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Right now im using Windows XP. I am trying to install Linux, but seem to be having problems.
__________________
muckluck is offline  
Old 01-29-2004, 04:13 PM   #4 (permalink)
Banned
 
Location: back to my old location
I think Redhat 9 has a tool to work with another OS when you start installing it.. along the lines of

Set Red Hat 9 up to work with another OS
VF19 is offline  
Old 01-29-2004, 04:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Alright I'll try to install it later on tonight. Thanks for the help
__________________
muckluck is offline  
Old 01-29-2004, 07:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Alright I seem to be having trouble installing Linux. i burnt the ISO to a bootable cd and all that comes up is something that seems to be Command Prompt or MS-DOS. Anyone have any good online tutorials?? It would be much appreciate.
__________________
muckluck is offline  
Old 01-30-2004, 11:21 AM   #7 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Location: Boston, MAss., USA
If you're running a windows OS, it may have already partitioned your whole hard drive into a single partition, which Linux can't use...you can check by right clicking my computer, go to manage on the menu, then look at disk management under storage. If XP's using the whole HD, you may want to look into ParitionMagic, or another program that will resize your partitions to free space for Linux, as mentioned by j8ear earlier.

For tutorials, try: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/
__________________
I'm gonna be rich and famous, as soon I invent a device that lets you stab people in the face over the internet.
JohnnyRoyale is offline  
Old 01-30-2004, 12:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
Psycho
 
I was going to try this as well but when I did a search on partition I kept reading how people who where trying to do the samething said that Partition Magic did more damage they it help so I'm at a brickwall right now. Anyone know any other tools?
propaganda is offline  
Old 02-04-2004, 09:39 PM   #9 (permalink)
Gentlemen Farmer
 
j8ear's Avatar
 
Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey
I rarely recommend partition magic frankly and really just flew off the cuff with my first post. Ideal solution is to back up all data on the drive now, and then wipe and rebuild it into probably three partitions, of 40 gb each. (approx, it's likely to not be exact.)

Anyway once so configured, you reinstall XP, and reimport your data. Allocate two of the partitions for XP, and then run your linux install using the remaining, as of yet not formatted, or allocated partition.

Come to think of it, building a dual boot system is usually a bad idea in itself, and with that in mind...get another PC on which you can install, and therefore USE your linux build.

Building a dual boot XP/linux system is possible, and manageable, but really impractical.

imho,

-bear
__________________
It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.
j8ear is offline  
Old 02-04-2004, 09:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
Addict
 
Also, a second hard drive can be good for this, a smaller hard drive can be found cheap on ebay.

I've got a 10gb drive I use for playing with operating systems.
yakimushi is offline  
Old 02-05-2004, 02:18 PM   #11 (permalink)
Junkie
 
meembo's Avatar
 
Location: Connecticut
I agree:

Back-up, back-up, back-up!

Read, read, read before you start!

I'd also start with using an additional small drive for toying with linux. Re-partitioning a drive with an existing OS can lead to particular errors that are way beyond the scope of most users. I also agree that Partition Magic has lost its luster. I dual-boot, but I back up everything, write zeros to the entire disk, and repartition with blank partitions, thus reinstalling the operating systems -- Windows first (oldest versions first, then newer) and then linux, and I use GRUB as the boot manager for Windows and linux.

If any of this seems foreign, it may be a good sign that you need to tread very carefully as you attempt this!

A great way to experience linux safely is with a live CD, a bootable version of linux on a CD. Knoppix is a famous one, but now there are many others such as Gentoo and PCLinux that provide bootable CD images that decompress from the CD. You can save data to an existing folder on your HDD, and access your data from that drive as well (I'm thinking MP3's, etc, or even Office documents that can be opened with OpenOffice. However, I'd save new copies of whatever you change while in linux, treating the originals as read-only
__________________
less I say, smarter I am
meembo is offline  
 

Tags
partitioning

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:15 PM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360