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Paritioning Win/Me & Red Hat Linux 8.0?

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by tatia.f.sims

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I am trying to install Red Hat linux and I need to figure out how do I go by partioning my drive. I know how to goto the Fdisk setup but how would I go by adding a partition when it tells me that that my hda1 is using a 100%? Pls give me steps...Help..

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by tatia.f.sims

I am already running Win/Me and need to have Red hat Linux installed also....It will not allow me to install Red Hat because the disk needs to be partitioned.

by thechas

3 options:

1. Use Partition Magic or another partition manager to create a new partition from some of the free space on your hard drive.
(You need a minimum of 2GB free hard drive space to do what you want. 10GB or more free space would be better.)

2. Start over from scratch.
Wipe out your existing partition and start over.
You will need to back up all critical files, and reload Me and your software.

3. (Best Option) Add a second hard drive and install Linux on it.
You won't risk loosing data on your existing drive. Nor, will you need to re-install Me or any software.

Chas

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