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Solve : I WOULD LOVE TO ADD LINUX TO MY COMPUTER BUT I CAN'T PARTITION DRIVE PLEASE HELP? |
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Answer» i have downloaded linux to my computer but have not installed it. i need to partition my c or d drive which? i went to computer management and then disk management. i can't find the allocation or partition WIZARD. a little push is all i need THANKS rubyYou dont need to partition the hard drive to install Linux. While the computer is loading, go to "advanced boot options" and select "boot from cd". Not all PCs do this. i created a mess! before you got back with me (which was supppper fast) linux >>>>>huh i really don't know what happend.... i have it on disk (or something connected to linux) i have my d drive partioned (before i read mess) but only the kernal if i have the program on a disk how do i get to it? i can boot and i have a choice( linux kernal only does a paremeter check) then password, then prompt. if i run the program after i boot xp the disk just shows off and opens to the folders tell me this i downloaded ubuntu 8.0 to a mem stick if the kernel is installed it is on d my inital plan was to download program to d as a another program my nero BURNER would not burn (mem on c) would not let it i could not download from bit torrent for the same reason i downloaded a ISO recorder because mine would not work(well neither that one would either) so i took all the bit ISO and program and erased them and defraged and cleaned disk and started over when i booted thats when everthing started burning and cooking the story is up top now what do i do? and i don't know what you mean by when it boots there is no such choice (only kernel or xp whether i have the disk in or not thanks for getting back to me also, could you or someone tell me about the group that builds linux from ground up? if you come to the conclusion i need to start over could you tell me where to go and what is the best way download? to what? my INTENTION is to learn the programming of linux (the guts) not just use it! thank you so much you cant format a drive when your inside of it. Its possible to make it boot from the the hd using the disk to install it if you want to do that.You could acquire the Gnome Partition Editor (GParted). It's very easy to create the two partitions you need for Linux. Just burn it to disc, boot into it and you can graphically resize/create partitions. I've used it on a number of occasions and the data on my other partitions was fine.Quote from: RUBY02 on July 03, 2008, 05:18:16 PM i created a mess! before you got back with me (which was supppper fast) linux Ok, what probably happened is that you created a Linux partition on the D drive. Most versions of Linux are very polite and assume that the 1st drive in a system is for Windoze, so they try to load in the second one. I can only guess, but I think Linux looked at your D drive, made a partition out of the unused space, and loaded itself there. I could not translate what you said well enough, but I got the impression that you had two options on reboot, XP and kernel. Kernel is Linux. Ok, here's what I would do first. 1) Boot XP 2) Bring up the disk management. (Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management, then click on Disk Management. 3) The disk management will tell you about the DISKS and the partitions on the disks that it understands. God only knows what it will think of a Linux partition (Probably it will send a telepathic emergency signal to Bill Gates who will show up to beat you with a copy of the Windoze manual.) Anyway, it should show you all your drives and any partition it understands. Anything it doesn't understand is probably the Linux one, especially if there is only one. 4) Write down what the disks and partitions are, including the sizes. Decide if you can live without some of them. You are trying to make this SIMPLE. Hopefully your C drive will only have one partition and your D drive will have two. Decide what YOU WANT to have. In my opinion, it would be smartest to move all your stuff on D to C and dedicate the D drive to Linux. 5) I suggest you use Ubuntu version 8.04.1. If necessary, redownload and reburn a new copy. 8.04.1 is the latest stable version and is due to remain supported until 2011. Retry your load procedure, as in put your CD in the drive and reboot. 6) Then time when you see the Prepare Disk Space screen, look at it. It should show 2 drives, which will be called SCSI1 and SCSI2. These drives will show their sizes, which is why you should have written the info down earlier. COMFIRM you are working with the correct drive. Assuming you agree with my suggestion that you dedicate the D drive to Linux, select Guided - use entire disk, click on SCSI2, and press Forward. Remember that every time you reboot, you are going to get an option of which OS will be booted. I believe that if you fail to choose, XP will be what you get. So again, you have to watch to select Kernel when you want to use Linux. Good luck, Toad |
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