Newbie help on partitioning.

From: RayOfLight (kelon100NOSPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/18/03


Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:34:38 +0400

Hello i am looking forward to install suse 8.2 on my pc (A7N V266 VM,
256 MB DDR PC 2100 RAM, 60 GB HD - partitioned in 3 parts - 30 GB with
Win XP pro installed on FAT 32 and 15 Gb formatted FAT 32 and last 15
Gb not formatted and free space).

i want to install linux on the free 15 GB space. But it seems suse 8.2
cannot see it when i am trying to instal. This is what YAST is telling
me

delete windows partition c: (/dev/hda1) 27.3 Gb
delete partion /dev/hda 29.9 Gb (extended)
delete windows partition D: (/dev/hda5) 14.6 GB
create swap partition 807.9 mb on /dev/hda2
create root partition 56.4 Gb (/dev/hda3 with reiser)
create root partition 15.7 (/dev/hda1 with fat32)

If i understand well...suse 8.2 will wipe my windows XP installation,
right?

Kindly help to set suse 8.2 only to the free 15 Gb space.

many thanks everyone.



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