My hard disk is divided into three partitions right now: hda1 (4688 M Win95 FAT32), hda3 (30675 M Win95 FAT32), and hda5(2805 M Win95 FAT32), or so the Disk Druid program on my Red Hat Linux installation disk tells me. Windows ME corroborates, telling me of C:, a backup partition, and a partition I created with FIPS it can't access. I wish to delete hda3 and install Linux on the space created. When I do, I have to add a /boot partition so the / partition can access all of the disk I want it to be able to. / and /boot can co-exist just fine, but Disk Druid won't let me make it happen without having a swap partition, too. When I add the swap partition, the program shoots an error message my way, saying that the / partition is unallocated for the following reason: 'No free primary'.
I'm stuck. Can I create an extended partition in Disk Druid, or will I have to use FDISK? Will the FDISK on my Red Hat 7.1 CD-ROM work? I assume the LILO I have on the Red Hat 7.1 CD-ROM is relatively new. Does it really need the /boot partition? Do I need the /boot partition? A simple walkthrough to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated.
And I just ran FIPS like a pro, too...