Redhat help

[EpyonMelee]

i was trying to partion the drive for redhat but it doesn't work. i have 15gb free out of a 40, and xp already on 1 partition. the promblem lies in the root thing and which file format should i use? thx for the help

Which version of RedHat? Did you tell the installer to automatically partition using the free space, or is that free space actually a DOS partition?

[EpyonMelee]

i tried automatic partion but it said i had to define the root something............using redhat 9 and i went through the graphical option not the text

Are you sure it wasn't talking about the bootloader? It's been a while since I installed RedHat on anything.

Also, I'm going to move this thread to the Linux and Unix forum.

[EpyonMelee]

no it wanted to define the root or something it was lyk this





/home
/boot
etc........ more that cant remeber but thats what i know thx

[Siliconjunkie]

At a minimum you need a /boot and / partition. If you created them manually and did not include / then it will puke.

[samwichse]

Did you use the "automatically partition" option, or did you use the "partition with disk druid" option?

Most people just use ext3 for both / and /boot with a swap partition double memory size.

So you might make:
swap (512mb for a system with 256mb of ram)
/boot (50-100mb, ext3)
/ (fill the rest of the space, ext3)

That's how I set mine anyhow.

Sam

[EpyonMelee]

thanks alot for the info