Re: centos 5.1 installation
- From: Matt Giwer <jull43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:23:52 -0400
Peter wrote:
I'm trying to install Centos 5.1 on an external USB drive. I have 17
gigs free space, 2 gigs ext2, 420 gig of personal data. I've backed
up the personal data incase anything goes wrong. During installation
it allows me to pick the USB hard drive but then I get a warning
message "You have chosen to remove all Linux partitions (and ALL DATA
on them) on the following drives. /dev/sda. Is this just going to
search for Linux partitions and erase the data on them or will it
delete all data from the hard drive. I'm hoping for the Centos
installation just to use the free space and ext2 partitions. The free
space is for the installation and the ext2 would be for the Swap.
It is going to erase everything and create new partitions. You need to create open space with a partitioning tool like parted first.
Out of curiosity, where did you back up 420 gigs so casually? If it was to another usb drive, why not install on that one?
Don't know from Centos but if you can, switch to ext3. It does not have the eternally long "check forced" actions when there is an abnormal system termination like with a power drop.
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