suse9.2 HD partition Help

sherry · *nix forums beginner Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 13

Hi,

1st time Linux installer...have some questions/confusion on HD
partitioning:
Currently, I've Winxp Pro on master (w/no partition) & going to
install Suse on slave (w/ 4 partitions):
1. 9.7GB, Linux Native (/dev/hda1)
2. 20.0GB, HPFS/NTFS (/dev/hda5)
3. 46.8GB, HPFS/NTFS (/dev/hda6)
4. 4.9 MB, Unassigned.

Q1: During installation,I choose custom partitioning & selected slave
drive. On Slave drive, need to choose one of the 1-4 above choices and
I choose#1 (Linux Native) and i hit next but then it says "Selection is
invalid: you must start your selection w/ the highest numbered list
entry". I tried other options but none works individually; however,
when I choose the entire HD (1-4) then it goes through ... what is
going on here???

Q2: Even if i select 1-4 on slave and erase everything but along w/
that it also says the following:
. Create Swap partition 1006.0MB (on /dev/hda1)
. Create root partition 75.7 GB (/dev/had2 w/ reiser)
. Set mount point of /dev/hdb1 to Windows/C
What exactly is it doing? By any chance is it messing w/ my
Master HD?

Ans to the above Questions, an "installation guide link" would be
helpful
to.

David Efflandt · *nix forums addict Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 97

On 11 Feb 2005 15:13:40 -0800, sherry <your_prince20@hotmail.com> wrote:

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