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From: GSA on 27 Jul 2010 13:22
I am not understanding how to install suse linux on XP and stuck at
partitioning.
Details:
-- XP partitions are
c drive - 30GB
d drive 68.3
e drive 78.1
f drive 57

What i did:
I freed/formatted f drive to install linux there. I ran defragmentor
on all drives except c. I disable Paging(no paging file)
I ran suseLinux setup in bootmode. Somehow the 57 GB partition got
deleted on XP aftre this. I had actually tried to resize and format,
but installation had failed resulting in this. When I ran install
again, I now see entries of
*********************
total - 200+GB
c drive - 30GB ntfs
d drive 68.3 extended
d drive 68.3 ntfs
e drive 78.1 ntfs
f drive 57 linux native
*****************
After this , I tried Create(Expert partitioning) -> fails saying
primary and extended partitions are already there
I tried LVM - added /, /usr, /swap. This was not taken saying /boot is
absent.

Surprisingly, I took screenshot and tried to save and found all root,
boot and all folders on save dialog on browsing!

I am totally confused and donot know how to proceed. Any clues/help is
highly useful.

Thanks in advance,
GSA
From: LSMFT on 27 Jul 2010 17:02
GSA wrote:
> I am not understanding how to install suse linux on XP and stuck at
> partitioning.
> Details:
> -- XP partitions are
> c drive - 30GB
> d drive 68.3
> e drive 78.1
> f drive 57
>
> What i did:
> I freed/formatted f drive to install linux there. I ran defragmentor
> on all drives except c. I disable Paging(no paging file)
> I ran suseLinux setup in bootmode. Somehow the 57 GB partition got
> deleted on XP aftre this. I had actually tried to resize and format,
> but installation had failed resulting in this. When I ran install
> again, I now see entries of
> *********************
> total - 200+GB
> c drive - 30GB ntfs
> d drive 68.3 extended
> d drive 68.3 ntfs
> e drive 78.1 ntfs
> f drive 57 linux native
> *****************
> After this , I tried Create(Expert partitioning) -> fails saying
> primary and extended partitions are already there
> I tried LVM - added /, /usr, /swap. This was not taken saying /boot is
> absent.
>
> Surprisingly, I took screenshot and tried to save and found all root,
> boot and all folders on save dialog on browsing!
>
> I am totally confused and donot know how to proceed. Any clues/help is
> highly useful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> GSA

Just wipe the whole drive and put linux on it. If you want dual boot
with XP, reinstall XP on one partition then Linux on what's left.

--
LSMFT

Those who would give up Essential Liberty
to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Benjamin Franklin--
From: David Bolt on 27 Jul 2010 18:07
On Tuesday 27 Jul 2010 22:02, while playing with a tin of spray paint,
LSMFT painted this mural:

> GSA wrote:

>> c drive - 30GB ntfs
>> d drive 68.3 extended
>> d drive 68.3 ntfs
>> e drive 78.1 ntfs
>> f drive 57 linux native
>> *****************
>> After this , I tried Create(Expert partitioning) -> fails saying
>> primary and extended partitions are already there

If you're wanting to use LVM, delete "f" and add two new partitions.
The first of these should be about 120-160MB and will be /boot. The
second can use the rest of the free space and will hold all the other
volumes. Create volumes for swap, 2-4GB should be sufficient, / which
should probably be around 16GB, and use the rest for /home.

Now, an explanation for a 16GB / . I have a 20GB / and a 20GB /usr.
/ has about 7GB used, although 4GB of that is one file used as an
emergency extension to the swap partition. /usr has about 11 GB used
so the combined total is about 14GB. If you don't have any of the
development packages, you could get away with quite a bit less, maybe
only requiring 10GB. Then again, if you have all the bells and whistles
of KDE and/or Gnome, and maybe even a few games, you may find 16GB ends
up a little small.

>> I tried LVM - added /, /usr, /swap. This was not taken saying /boot is
>> absent.

No, it won't work because the version of grub used can't boot from an
LVM partition. Having a separate boot is the only way you'll get it to
boot[0].

>> Surprisingly, I took screenshot and tried to save and found all root,
>> boot and all folders on save dialog on browsing!
>>
>> I am totally confused and donot know how to proceed. Any clues/help is
>> highly useful.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> GSA
>
> Just wipe the whole drive and put linux on it. If you want dual boot
> with XP, reinstall XP on one partition then Linux on what's left.

I'd actually just add another drive and ignore the Windows drives, if I
wanted to do a dual-boot. If not, just wipe the drive and let the
installation system create the partitioning[1].


[0] You may get it to work with grub2, but I don't know if it will, and
openSUSE don't (yet) use it as the boot loader.

[1] Unless you want to specify your own partition layout.

Regards,
David Bolt

--
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From: GSA on 28 Jul 2010 02:22
On Jul 28, 3:07 am, David Bolt <blacklist...(a)davjam.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 Jul 2010 22:02, while playing with a tin of spray paint,
> LSMFT painted this mural:
>
> > GSA wrote:
> >> c drive - 30GB ntfs
> >> d drive 68.3 extended
> >> d drive 68.3 ntfs
> >> e drive 78.1 ntfs
> >> f drive 57 linux native
> >> *****************
> >> After this , I tried Create(Expert partitioning) ->  fails saying
> >> primary and extended partitions are already there
>
> If you're wanting to use LVM, delete "f" and add two new partitions.
> The first of these should be about 120-160MB and will be /boot. The
> second can use the rest of the free space and will hold all the other
> volumes. Create volumes for swap, 2-4GB should be sufficient, / which
> should probably be around 16GB, and use the rest for /home.
>
> Now, an explanation for a 16GB / . I have a 20GB / and a 20GB /usr.
> / has about 7GB used, although 4GB of that is one file used as an
> emergency extension to the swap partition. /usr has about 11 GB used
> so the combined total is about 14GB. If you don't have any of the
> development packages, you could get away with quite a bit less, maybe
> only requiring 10GB. Then again, if you have all the bells and whistles
> of KDE and/or Gnome, and maybe even a few games, you may find 16GB ends
> up a little small.
>
> >> I tried LVM - added /, /usr, /swap. This was not taken saying /boot is
> >> absent.
>
> No, it won't work because the version of grub used can't boot from an
> LVM partition. Having a separate boot is the only way you'll get it to
> boot[0].
>
> >> Surprisingly, I took screenshot and tried to save and found all root,
> >> boot and all folders on save dialog on browsing!
>
> >> I am totally confused and donot know how to proceed. Any clues/help is
> >> highly useful.
>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> GSA
>
> > Just wipe the whole drive and put linux on it. If you want dual boot
> > with XP, reinstall XP on one partition then Linux on what's left.
>
> I'd actually just add another drive and ignore the Windows drives, if I
> wanted to do a dual-boot. If not, just wipe the drive and let the
> installation system create the partitioning[1].
>
> [0] You may get it to work with grub2, but I don't know if it will, and
> openSUSE don't (yet) use it as the boot loader.
>
> [1] Unless you want to specify your own partition layout.
>
> Regards,
>         David Bolt
>
> --
> Team Acorn:www.distributed.net
>                   |                   | openSUSE 11.3RC2 32b |
> openSUSE 11.1 64b | openSUSE 11.2 64b |                      |
> openSUSE 11.1 PPC | TOS 4.02          | RISC OS 4.02         | RISC OS 3.11
***************************************
GSA:
I just wanted to add that I want dual boot and have readied to install
suse on the 57GB drive only. Also, I checked yeatarday that in its
default suggestion, the install is bringing ionto picture other Win XP
drives as Shrink /hd/sda1.../windows/c . I am scared of anything
happening to WinXP as all my data is there.
Thanks,
GSA
*****************************************
From: Darklight on 28 Jul 2010 04:17
GSA wrote:

> On Jul 28, 3:07 am, David Bolt <blacklist...(a)davjam.org> wrote:
>> On Tuesday 27 Jul
2010 22:02, while playing with a tin of spray paint,
>> LSMFT painted this mural:
>>
>> > GSA
wrote:
>> >> c drive - 30GB ntfs
>> >> d drive 68.3 extended
>> >> d drive 68.3 ntfs
>> >> e
drive 78.1 ntfs
>> >> f drive 57 linux native
>> >> *****************
>> >> After this , I tried
Create(Expert partitioning) -> fails saying
>> >> primary and extended partitions are already
there
>>
>> If you're wanting to use LVM, delete "f" and add two new partitions.
>> The first of
these should be about 120-160MB and will be /boot. The
>> second can use the rest of the free
space and will hold all the other
>> volumes. Create volumes for swap, 2-4GB should be
sufficient, / which
>> should probably be around 16GB, and use the rest for /home.
>>
>> Now, an
explanation for a 16GB / . I have a 20GB / and a 20GB /usr.
>> / has about 7GB used, although 4GB
of that is one file used as an
>> emergency extension to the swap partition. /usr has about 11 GB
used
>> so the combined total is about 14GB. If you don't have any of the
>> development
packages, you could get away with quite a bit less, maybe
>> only requiring 10GB. Then again, if
you have all the bells and whistles
>> of KDE and/or Gnome, and maybe even a few games, you may
find 16GB ends
>> up a little small.
>>
>> >> I tried LVM - added /, /usr, /swap. This was not
taken saying /boot is
>> >> absent.
>>
>> No, it won't work because the version of grub used
can't boot from an
>> LVM partition. Having a separate boot is the only way you'll get it to
>>
boot[0].
>>
>> >> Surprisingly, I took screenshot and tried to save and found all root,
>> >>
boot and all folders on save dialog on browsing!
>>
>> >> I am totally confused and donot know
how to proceed. Any clues/help is
>> >> highly useful.
>>
>> >> Thanks in advance,
>> >>
GSA
>>
>> > Just wipe the whole drive and put linux on it. If you want dual boot
>> > with XP,
reinstall XP on one partition then Linux on what's left.
>>
>> I'd actually just add another
drive and ignore the Windows drives, if I
>> wanted to do a dual-boot. If not, just wipe the
drive and let the
>> installation system create the partitioning[1].
>>
>> [0] You may get it to
work with grub2, but I don't know if it will, and
>> openSUSE don't (yet) use it as the boot
loader.
>>
>> [1] Unless you want to specify your own partition layout.
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
Bolt
>>
>> --
>> Team Acorn:www.distributed.net
>> | | openSUSE 11.3RC2 32b
|
>> openSUSE 11.1 64b | openSUSE 11.2 64b | |
>> openSUSE 11.1 PPC | TOS
4.02 | RISC OS 4.02 | RISC OS 3.11
> ***************************************
>
GSA:
> I just wanted to add that I want dual boot and have readied to install
> suse on the 57GB
drive only. Also, I checked yeatarday that in its
> default suggestion, the install is bringing
ionto picture other Win XP
> drives as Shrink /hd/sda1.../windows/c . I am scared of anything
>
happening to WinXP as all my data is there.
> Thanks,
> GSA
>
*****************************************

When you get to the partition part of the install
delete the partition
you want to use then partition that unformatted partition.

Into root and
user and swap that should sort you out.

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