Im trying to install REDHAT 7.2 and I have a 20 gig HDD for Linux and it says that it cant allocate the partions..whats up with that? anyone know?? thanks

Specifically, how are you trying to set up the partitions? Is the whole drive dedicated to Linux and where do you get the error? DiskDruid or?

I have a similar problem, after trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on my Thinkpad laptop and finding that there was an issue with the Trackpoint. I got the 8.1 release and got past the old issue and now it says that partioning failed. I am trying to keep my Win98 system on the HD and have a dual boot system. The HDD is a 6.4 gig and I have almost 3 gig free that I want to put Linux on. I ran a defrag on the HD in Windows, couldn't get Scandisk to complete because of too many restarts. I figured that was because some proggies were running but after shutting two down I couldn't find anymore to stop.

Not sure what to try next maybe a new HD???

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