On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, monteirocrist@gmx.net wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to install SuSE 6.4. But it does not recognize Windows, and so it will install itself by taking the whole HD.
Is there a way to solve this problem?
There's a problem? :-) I haven't looked at 6.4, but YAST2 in 6.3 gives you the option of selecting existing partitions to destroy, and then uses the largest single piece of free disk space (NOT in any partition) for the install. If you have Windows taking up the entire disk in one partition, then the only way YAST2 (as of 6.3) could do the install at all would be by destroying Windows and occupying the entire disk. YAST1 (which you can get to by booting the *second* CD) has more options, but still (again as of 6.3) cannot split an existing partition. There *are* ways to do this. The two most popular programs for the purpose are Partition Magic which is commercial software, or fips whichs is free and may well be somewhere on the CDs. AFAIK Partition Magic is strictly DOS/Windows, while I believe fips comes in versions for several OSes. In any event you will need to defrag your Windows partition before you start, and I *strongly* recommend backing it up as well. Once that is done, either of them can shrink your existing Windows partition and create free space or a second partition (same thing for our immediate purposes). The remaining Windows partition *should* be fully operational, but this is less than 100% guaranteed. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/