hallo all!

there are 2 logic Partions (20 G) on my Laptop,
Drive: /dev/hda1 10244 MB
/dev/hda5/8832 MB
Free 1 1
/dev/hda1 1 1306 10245mb vfat (WinXp installed) NO-format
/dev/hda2 1307 2432 8833mb extended ( I wanne to re-install redhat 7.3)
- Free 1307 1307 < 1 Free space
-/dev/hda5 1307 to 2432 8833mb vfat NO-format

but i can't make a partion on the hda2 (extended) or hda5, or ANY changes on them.
e.g. use 'edit' or 'add /boot'
also Error: "could not allocate cylinder-based partitions'"
How can I do then?
Please help me!
Thanks!

you want to re-install linux or what. if you want to reinstall just pop in the cd and then when it asks for partitioning delete the previous partitions and create the new partitions.

manthram

But I can't make any operation on any Hda,
i want to install redhat7.3 again,(no reinstall, sorry )
Thanks!

what appliation are you using to do this. are these errors coming when you are trying to install fresh copy or what???

You don't have any free space on the hard drive to create an additional partition because hda5 is using all of the space in the extended partition hda2.

If want this computer to be only linux then let the installer program partition the hard drive for you.

If you want to keep the existing partitions you will need to resize hda5 to say 3gb and let Redhat install to the remaining 5gb. One method of resizing is using the application fips located in the /dosutils directory on the 1st CD.

hi, Thanks for your tips!
I have to make 4 primary partitions on the Hard drive, with 'fdisk',
then it works. (Non-Logical)

just like that:
/dev/hda1 1-1306 10245mb vfat WinXP
/dev/hda2 1307-1313 55mb ext3 /boot
/dev/hda3 1314-1346 259mb swap
/dev/hda4 1347-2432 8159mb ext3 /

But I don't know, why I can't fix some logical partitions?
I have no idea about another solutions.

Greetings!