red hat 8 windows XP
Hei everyone!
I try to install red hat 8 and have already installed windows XP. I partitioned with Partition Magic so that I have 12 GB free space. When I run Red Hat and try to make linux partitions I get the message 'cannot allocate cylinder based partitions as primary partition'. First I thougth maybe Linux needs some boot space in the beginning and moved the Windows partition further to the end, but that didn't work either. |
What does your partition table look like? Do you have any extended partitions?
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Hi,
I suggest that you delete that partition and make your linux partitions with disk druid (during the installation of RH). Simpel and good solution if you ask me. greetz, Claeseke |
Hei again. I finally solved the problem by predefining the partitions as primary partitions for linux with Partitions Magic. DiscDruid didn't help, but thanks anyway.
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booting
Now that I installed Linux I cannot boot Windows again.I don't get any choices which OS to boot and from Linux I cannot access grub (permission denied). Does anyone have any ideas what to do?
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yes, I would like to try, but even if I am logged in as the root user and type /boot/grub/grub.conf I get the message 'permission denied'
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You should be typing: /etc/grub/grub.conf
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then it says 'no such file or directory'
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okay, try /etc/grub.conf
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that is really strange, or maybe I am just know too little: there is the grub.conf file at /boot/grub/grub.conf and I can go to directory /boot/grub but then it tells me there is no file grub.conf ??
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Bottom line is that you have found it.
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æh, yes I've found it but I don't know how to enter and perform it....
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use pico.
pico /boot/grub/grub.conf |
I really appreciate your help! Now my grub.conf fie looks like this:
title Red Hat root (hd0,1) kernel....... initrd......... title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 I have linux Windows on the first partition, linux /boot on the second, linux / on the 3rd and swap on the 4th. when I boot I get boot: if I type linux or do nothing it starts linux but if I type windows I get the message 'cannot identify kernel windows' |
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