OptikaliLLusion Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Okay UPDATE: GYAAAAAAAAAH! I went to the resize partition, did the math and cut the available HDD space in half, and gave half to NTFS and the other half unformatted. So I hit apply and it says I need to restart to do this, so I restart, it loads XP, shows the PM thing and in a split second it is done. So I login, check PM to see if it worked, and yet again there is NOTHING BUT THE STUPID NTFS: Partition Type Size MB Used MB Unused MB Statues Pri/Log Local disk (C:) NTFS 76,308.7 11,918.9 64,38939 Active Pri (*) Unallocated 7.8 0.0 0.0 None Pri That is what it shows in the disk thingy. BTW, I used the resize partition in the first box. I looked at the second box, and it says it crosses the 1GB cylinder boundary, making it unbootable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Maybe you should try formatting the free space PM 'claims' it's creating as ext2 in the same boot... If that doesn't work, maybe you could tell PM to convert your NTFS back to FAT32, and then use DiskDrak to resize it... Then use PM to turn it back to NTFS... But I dunno if you can do that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 But the problem is that the Fedora installer says that the only thing available is hda, 76000 MB, NTFS formatted... nothing else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Let me know how it goes when you try re-defragmenting your drive, sounds like your last bits are too close to the end of the drive... If that makes sence.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 I used DiskKeeper's defrag like you said for me to do... still that 7.8 MB of nothingness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 (edited) Hmmmm.... Next time I'm in windows, I'll take a look at DK and PM and post exactly what I did with them, as I can't remember off-hand. Edit: Ok, I'm back in windows now... I miss KDE already, lol... I booted up DK and found a few weirdnesses, firstly there's 2 menus. You should only use the bottom one, the top menu causes my PC to crash, lol. So, If you click on the drive you need to edit and select resize/move partition. I have a second picture to post, but it won't let me do two post in a row... so it'll have to wait. Edited June 12, 2004 by Jezza Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 *posts so you can post* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 Hahaha, yeah PLEASE don't use the top pannel... when I did that to resize my D drive, NTFS partition, it corrupted my EXT3 partitions... Odd.. Anyway, when you select resize/move it gives you a small window... Drag the bit on the right to the left until it's the size you want.. It says how much you have left etc... Then, when you've clicked OK. it should show some free space, create a partition there and format as EXT3 or anything you like really (apart from NTFS, as you'll need to be able to tell which is which) you'll only re-format it when installing Fedora. Hope this and the second picture helps... EDIT: Make sure you click apply at the bottom of the page in the "pending thingys" bit before you close PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 okay, here is the setup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 Ok, that looks cool to me... Remember to mount the drive as /usr in linux, not user. As this is a pointer to linux to tell it where to install stuff... BTW, I hope you backed up all your imprtant files, just incase Fedora does with you, what it's done with alot of others using XP Good luck... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocker16 Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 Didn't really read any of this. But the kernals have to be before the 1024 cylinder (or around there). So the best way to go is C:\ (for windows), then the linux partition, swap for linux. But with Fedora on my system I had to do C:\ , /boot , /ext3 , swap Find which ever way works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 13, 2004 Posted June 13, 2004 I'm getting worried now... he's not been back for a while... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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