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08-18-2002, 04:58 PM
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Lima, PERU
Distribution: Red Hat
Posts: 35
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Can install Linux in extended partition?
I have a PC with one hard disk. This hard disk has one primary partition of 15 GB and one extended partition of 15 GB. With-in the extended partition there are 3 logical partition, 5 GB each one.
The only S.O. installed in the PC is Windows ME in the prymary partition. My data are sparse in the primary partitions and the logical partitions. As you could image I have plenty space to install another S.O.
I am planning to install Red Hat 7.3 Linux. My Questions is: Can I install it in one of the Logical Partition and how?, or I have to do necessarily a repartition of my hard disk?.
Really, It would be great for me to avoid a repartition.
Any comment will be wellcome.
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08-18-2002, 05:19 PM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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linux distributions are normally installed into extended partitions when you have dual boot systems, just follow the redhat druid thingy, and it'll do that no problem.
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08-19-2002, 09:19 AM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: The next brick house on the right.
Distribution: Kubuntu 18.04, Bodhi 5.0
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Installing Linux to logical partitions is not a problem. I set up my laptop with a single extended partition and put Linux onto three logical partitions (hda5 - swap, hda6 - /, hda7 - /var).
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08-23-2002, 09:29 PM
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Lima, PERU
Distribution: Red Hat
Posts: 35
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Here again.
I was trying to install my RedHat 7.3 in the third logical partition of my extended partition without success. Besides I am new on this stuff.
Anyone can tell me the steps I have to do?
Remenber? I have one hard drive with 1 primary partition (WindowsME) and 1 extended partition with 3 logical partition.
The third logical partition is empty without data and I want use it to install Linux
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