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Old 05-23-2004, 04:02 AM   #1
poussis
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Boot And hard disk failure on installation


Hello. I'm an amatuer user of linux and i recently
decided to switch from mandrake linux 8.2 to Redhat
linux 9 Firstly is it possible to simply delete the partitions i was using for mandrke and re-use them for redhat? .Secondly My source downloaded it and wrote it and
installed to his machine. I got the same cd's but cd1
doesn't boot so i made a copy on my hard disk, made a
book disk but even then, given the harddisk option of
were and which partition and directory the
installation is on I can't locate the *.img files it
asks for (during Installation) though when i browse the CD (in windows) i can see them. Can you please give me step by step routine
to follow if the cd isn't bootable?
I'm using a DELL Inspiron 8100 1.13mhz,256mb RAM and
30GB.I have 7GB reserved for linux. 4 NTFS partitions
and 1 FAT32 partition. I copied the all the linux cds
to an NTFS partition should i change the location to
the FAT32 partition?
Please send as detailed as possible
Thank You

 
Old 05-23-2004, 05:41 AM   #2
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Yes, it's ossible to remove your current partitions and use the space for new installation. You can do it from the installer.

For hard driver installation you should follow https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/...nstall-hd.html
It says that NTFS is not suppoered for this type of installation (ext2, ext3 and fat are).
 
  


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