Attempting to install slack...
 

Well I just popped disk one in and Im at the point where I need to make partitions using fdisk

I listed the partitions

/dev/hda1 has my windows partition.
/dev/hda2 has my linux partition.

The problem is I cant add any more partitions. I thought I was supposed to be able to add a / /home and a swap partition however when I try to add one through the n option it says that there is no more avalible space. Do I need to erase the linux partition through fdisk and then create / /home and swap on there?

If this is correct what size should I make these partitions. Ill have 9 gigs of space. And which ones should be extended adn primary partitions?

why not try cfdisk ... :)

anyway, you can resize the current linux partition

/dev/hda2 , make it smaller and create new partitions (use extended) from the free space

you dont assing(sp) the mount for the drive untill your in the install process. its where your formatting matting the partitions. remember you need a swap partions as well and that is the code 82 make sure to set that or ti wont work.