Installing Slack as 2nd distro

snatale1 · 09-24-2003, 08:30 PM

I currently have RH9 and want to install Slack 9 as my 2nd distro. I have 35gb of unpartitioned space at the end of my hdd. My ques is how do I create a boot and root partition in this unused space with fdisk. I tried it and when I created a 100mb partition for boot and the rest of my space was marked unusable. How exactly do I do it ? do I create them as primary or logical? Also I can use my current swap partititon right?

trickykid · 09-24-2003, 08:36 PM

Most likely you'll need to create them as logical partitions, then you should be able to use all the available space.

Don't use fdisk, if your booting with the slackware cd and creating the partitions from there, use cfdisk, much easier to use.

Skyline · 09-24-2003, 09:39 PM

As Trickykid mentioned - use cfdisk to create your Root partition - During the install Slack will automatically recognise your curent Swap partition and ask you whether you want to use it for Slack aswell - just say yes.