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Hi,

Having bought a book on Linux, and successfully installed it on a test
computer (Compaq P233 3GB) at work, using the whole drive for Linux, I'm
having a go on my own computer, at home, trying to keep the Windows 98
stuff that I already have.

I'm having problems installing Redhat v5.1 on a Dell 450Mhz, 12.9GB HD,
128 MB RAM.

I have downloaded fips.exe v2.0 and 'cut' the disk into 8.389GB and 4GB.

While running the Linux boot disk in the installation routine, I get to
setting up the Linux partition. (pg 50 in the manual :)
My installation looks something like this (in Redhat's own partitioning
thingy):

Current Disk Partitions:
Mount Point  Requested  Actual  Type
hda1.........8393M......8393M...0x0c
hda2.........4000M......4000M...0x0f

Drive Summaries:
Drive  Geom[C/H/S]    Total  Used   Free
hda    [1024/255/63]  8032M  12393  -4361

In fdisk [expert mode] the listing of partitions WARNS that partition 1
and 2 overlap!! Is this bad?

Other things I've tried:
fdisk in DOS:
- using (and then not) the support for large disks, I've created an
Extended Partition called D:
- deleting the extended partition, and then running the Linux
Installation

I'm concerned about the following:
1.  The installation routine refers to version 2.0!!
2.  The partition type (above) is not in the list of recognised
partitioned.
3.  The Free space is negative.

What I'm really looking for is someone to tell me I'm 'doing it wrong'
and to re-assure me that I won't have to re-do the entire drive :)
And, of course, to point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.
Derek

    I have downloaded fips.exe v2.0 and 'cut' the disk into 8.389GB and 4GB.

    While running the Linux boot disk in the installation routine, I get to
setting up the Linux partition. (pg 50 in the manual :)
    My installation looks something like this (in Redhat's own partitioning
thingy):

    Current Disk Partitions:
    Mount Point  Requested  Actual  Type
    hda1.........8393M......8393M...0x0c
    hda2.........4000M......4000M...0x0f

    Drive Summaries:
    Drive  Geom[C/H/S]    Total  Used   Free
    hda    [1024/255/63]  8032M  12393  -4361

    In fdisk [expert mode] the listing of partitions WARNS that partition 1
and 2 overlap!! Is this bad?

    Hi,

    I am running win95 and RedHat 5.1. I use lilo to choose wich one to
boot. I have a 6.4 GB Quantum Fireball with 5 partitions

    1: Primary (16BIT) for booting windows and liloboot.

    2: Extended partition for windows stuff. (fat32)

    3: Native partition for linux

    4: Swap partition for linux

    5: Extended partition for burning CDROMS.

    I used diskbruid because fdisk gave me problems. The only thing i can't
get to work is my second HD. That one is completely extended and fat32.

    Maybe diskbruid will work for you?

    Good luck..