I have loaded 17.1 64 bit and it worked OK on a new hard disc. The problem was I had a screen bigger than my monitor. I tried to correct this and found the display became inverted.

I then tried to reload from scratch but had an error at the partitioning table. Can anyone explain how to erase the disk again so I can reload the 17.1.

If not point me at a partioning application that allows me to erase the partitions.

You can use Gparted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

You could use the gparted live disk:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Or if you're feeling brave load up the Arch live ISO & run:

I gave up on the Fedora partitioning as it does not allow you to partion the whole disk for Fedora. I have succeeded partitioning with Mint 17.1 and resized with that to allot half the disk as free space. (I have only one disk and the Fedora installer, kept saying I had only a minimum of space, so it made a request for a bug report.)

I was then able to automatically partition with loading the Fedora 21 and my Fedora is now number one in grub.

Are you sure about that? I installed fedora in a VM and mistyped the password so had to reinstall and was asked by the installer whether I wanted to remove the old partitions,which I did. Fedora definitely uses the full disk also.

Yes, I am sure the earlier versions of 32 bits (16 I think.) worked OK. It is the 17.1 64 bit which doesn't allow resizing. I have tried for a whole day to get it to partition or resize, but will not do it. That is with a single disc, it might work with two discs but I have yet to try that.

It does not ask whether you want to remove the old partitions.

It loads automatically with a blank disc but when I tried to reinstall it would have none of it.

How to install with manual partitioning - http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=122276

No, it just is faulty if you have a fully formatted disk. It just will not resize.

When you boot the Mint 17.1 DVD or USB, is your hard drive seen as sda or sdb?
Maybe you are trying to resize the wrong drive.

I always boot the DVD (or USB) and use the gparted program to create the partitions before running the installation program. Then use the "Something Else" option.

That way you know your partitions are ready, and configured exactly as you want them.

No, I only have one drive sda, it is a fault as you cannot make space on a
disk which is already full.

First backup your important data.

Boot the system with a livecd or installation disc and get to command line and run:

Now try install Linux from installation discs.

No, of course you cannot make space on a disk which is already full -- it is already full.
So, what exactly is it you are trying to do?
If you wish to remove the existing partitions and use the whole disk then Fedora's installer will let you do just that though you may need to go to "manual partitioning" and manually delete the partitions (when I installed the second time the installer helpfully popped up a message asking me whether I wanted to do this).
If you want to install but keep an existing home partition, for example, that is again under the manual partitioning options.
If you wish to resize existing partitions you need space to resize them into.

No it doesn't work you cannot do it that is what I have been saying.
I am using 21 and it is faulty.

Some installers are difficult to get on a pre existing linux.

To get around it you can use a different live cd and just delete all partitions or at least swap and /

Or you can boot to Fedora and delete the partitions and then reboot. Be sure to do a cold boot.


Yes, the bug has existed in other distro's for some time.

It may help if you would boot your live Mint DVD or USB, open a terminal and post the result of the command: