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bha:
okay, here is what i found on root partitions and mandrake:

Mandrake 8.2 (Very easy)

The Mandrake installer has us beginners in mind. After we selected our language we were prompted for the type of install, we chose a

voidmain:
I'm confused, is the Windows partition not at the size you want? If not, can't you just boot up the Mandrake install again and use the same paritioning tool to resize the Windows partition to where you want (i.e. move the slider)?  Otherwise you'll need to use PartitionMagic or some other 3rd party partition manipulation program to resize it.

Also, before trying to boot up the Mandrake install again you might want to delete the new paritions that it created (if it created any).  They will show up in the Windows FDISK program as "unknown" partitions.  Even though they are unknown types to Windows it should allow you to delete them. You should then have the 4.5GB Windows parition and the rest of the drive should be "free space".  If this is what you originally wanted then when you boot the Mandrake CD again it should detect this as free space and give you the option to install Mandrake there...

bha:
okay, yes, the windows partition is the size that i want it to be, but i must have screwed something up because i can not use the slider again, nor can i continue the install. when i choose "use free space," i get an error that partition failed. now, i think that i need to get rid of the partitions that were created like you said, but i do not know where to find them. they do not show up under my computer. where is the windows fdisc you are talking about?
thanks

rtgwbmsr:
fdisk is a DOS utility commonly found on Windows boot disks (You know, those little floppies that came with 9X?) You can make one if you have 95/98/ME. In the case of XP, I'm not sure if you can.

Goto Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs
One of the tabs should be "Startup Disk" or something
Follow the instructions. fdisk will be on the disk it makes
Double check that the disk was made properly by browsing the disk in my computer.
More later...if I can find something.

voidmain:
Well, if you do not select the "easy" install, or whatever it's called in Mandrake you should also be presented with a paritioning program that will allow you to delete the existing Mandrake partitions (if they exist). So you don't need to use the Microsoft FDISK, Linux has it's own (and it works better).

[ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

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