Comments for How to partition your HDD to install Linux at http://www.my-guides.net/en , comment 1 to 15 out of 15 comments http://www.my-guides.net/en Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:06:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-1109 Hi nathan, I have written two guides with screenshots on how to install Linux. In Fedora and Ubuntu during the installation, just select to install Linux pointing to the partitions you have just created. [url=http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/174/26/]Fedora 12 Installation and Post Installation Guide[/url] [url=http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/119/26/]Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Installation Guide[/url] - axel Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:04:46 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-1106 just wandering if you could put a link to the a artical on how to put linux on the partition - nathan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:24:42 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-1008 Hi Zisi, Of course you can resize your C partition. Although I think it would be better to resize the second partition and create two partitions for Linux (one for swap and one for the installation). Reading and writing in NTFS partitions through Linux is nowadays possible so you won't have any problem with this. - axel Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:21:35 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-1004 Hi Ax, I have a laptop with preinstalled Vista. The HDD is split in to disks, C and D, each one having around 110 GB. The windows files are stored in C and I store all my personal data in D. I was thinking to create the necessary partitions to install Linux and make it dual boot, taking space from the C drive. Would that be possible to just use some of the free space of the C drive where the Vista are and create new partiotions to install Linux? Even if it works, will Linux be able to see the data stored in the D drive, whose format is NTFS? Thanks for the help. Zisis - zisis Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:55:39 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-989 Hi Pramod, In Linux partitions are named differently from Windows. /dev/sda is your first SATA Hard Disk Drive. 1,2,3 are its partitions. Therefore, /dev/sda1 -> local disk c: /dev/sda2 -> local disk e: /dev/sda3 -> your 50GB partition Start the Fedora installation and tell the installer to use only /dev/sda3 partition to install Fedora. When you are asked where to install Grub choose /dev/sda e.g. the MBR of your HDD. I hope I made it clear enough. :) - axel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:26:36 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-988 Hi Axel, i have a 250gb hard disk and right now only 2 partitions on my system....one being local disk(c:) with 100gb and localdisk(E:) with nother 100gb.....how do i install fedora on the 50gb that is left out and what are /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 - Pramod Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:05:54 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-922 Hi Soumitra, I just got back from vacations. Do you still have problems with partitioning? - axel Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:48:37 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-894 Dear friend, I am new to fedora and also much keen to use the fedora11 distro.I have thoroughly read your partioning and setup steps for installing fedora in it. I have also partiioned one of Windows 31Gb partition into 30gb Linuxext3 and 1gb Linuxswap with PartitionMagic8.0.But on booting from fedora livedvd encountered the following problems: 1)It didn't take the Create Custom Layout partitioning scheme and on selecting the corresponding drive displayed the following error message THE PARTITIONING SCHEME YOU SELECTED CAUSED THE FOLLOWING CRITICAL ERRORS. YOU HAVE NOT DEFINED A ROOT PARTITION(/),WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF TO CONTINUE.YOU HAVE NOT CREATED A BOOT PARTITION. MOREOVER THINGS ARE WORKING NICE WITH Replace Existing Linux Partitioning scheme. But on normal boot from hard drive the FEDORA OPTION IS NOT BEING DISPLAYED HENCE I AM DIRECTLY ENTERING INTO XP. Please mail me your valuable guide as soon as possible and also kindly give the url where i can learn about merging two partition through PartitionMagic8.0. Thank You - Soumitra Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:12:26 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-886 Hi, the simplest to do is just cut 10gb from drive D and create a new partition. Then boot from the Centos CD and tell it to install in the new partition. I haven't tried Centos before but since it is Red Hat's I believe it the default installation will be just fine for you. - axel Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:39:39 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-882 Hi, Currently my laptop have C & D drive (30gb&30gb) and using XP os. I am thinking to make it dual boot with Centos 5.3. How will the partition be and do I just insert Centos CD and start installation to do the dual boot? Thanks - newbie- Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:03:24 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-345 Hi Aks, you can download [url=http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php]gparted livecd[/url] and boot your computer from there. This way you can resize the partitions you want. In my [url=http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/122/26/]How to resize a VirtualBox disk partition[/url] guide you can read how gparted livecd works. If you want to install Windows XP remember that they want to be in the first partition. If you don't mind losing your Linux installation you can use a Windows XP cd format your disk from it, install XP and then use either partition magic or gparted mentioned above to create the partitions you want. In case you need more details please use our [url=http://www.my-guides.net/forum/index.php?board=9.0]Linux forum[/url]. It's easier to reply there. :) Regards, axel - axel Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:22:10 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-344 Hi, I had an original windows vista installed on my laptop. some how the OS got corrupted and even the boot file went missing. I was planning to make it a dual boot with Linux mint elyssa. While installing I forgot to chose the manual option and therefore the Linux has been installed on the entire 160 GB HDD .... Is there any way that I can make more partitions and shrink the partition of the Linux? Also if that possible can I install a XP and make it dual boot? It'll be great if you can help. In Anticipation With regards AKS - Aks Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:13:11 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-244 If you have Windows on your C drive you will [b]NOT[/b] install anything on it, or you will lose your data. Choose one of your partitions that is big enough and resize it like I do. As mentioned in the guide above you should have 4 partitions when you're done. 1: your windows partition -> C: 2: Linux ext3 partition -> Here your root partitioned will be mounted under Linux 3: Linux ext3 partition -> Here your home partitioned will be mounted under Linux 4: Linux swap partition -> Partition used for temporary storing data if RAM is full In the following guide search for "Create custom layout" and read after that how each partition should be mounted during the installation process. [url=http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/42/26/]How to install Linux on Windows using qemu[/url] The procedure is almost the same to Ubuntu. If you don't understand tell me to post some additional images on the Ubuntu Installation Guide. Again, [b]be careful[/b] not to write anything on your C: partition or the other partitions you keep your data. - axel Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:51:02 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-241 Thanks Axel, I was never been able to do my own partition, now I can!! by the way, what's the next step of installing the linux on the partitioned drive? and if i have windows on my C drive, is it still possible to do this on C drive without deleting the windows? or should I do this on the other HDD..? thanks..!! - Moritz Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:58:02 +0100 http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/37-how-to-partition-your-hdd-to-install-linux#comment-13 nice,very nice. - waldemar augusto medeiros Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:35:44 +0100