cannot install Redhat Linux
Hongyu Sun
sun.hongyu at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 03:33:32 UTC 2005
On 8/4/05, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> Hongyu Sun wrote:
>
> > > Later on in your post you mention /dev/sda4 as a partition.
> >
> >
> > That was a typo. Should be /dev/hda4
>
> I wasn't sure who typed the /dev/sda4 in the posting that I read through.
Hi, All:
That was my typo. Thanks all I have installed Linux on a
re-partitioned computer which had only C drive before re-partition.
I still cannot find where the Linux is in the computer which
preallocated 10GB and which had C and D drive.
I mentioned the /dev/hda3 and I checked what is this seeming "no-use"
partition. It is actually a 39MB FAT EISA Configuration.
It seems it is useful. So I cannot delete or combine it.
I tried "linux rescue" and follow the instruction to mount
/mnt/sysimage to root.
But nothing improved. After root, still windows XP showed up.
I did not have any chance to type "grub".
Look forward to your advice,
Many Thanks.
HS
> > > 10 gig is a bit small for a modern Linux installation. Ext3 is a
> > > common choice for Fedora.
> >
> >
> > I am thinking I will buy a new piece of hard drive. Will that work?
>
> You could run several hard drives, depending on your computer type.
>
> > Seems Fedora only recognize 4 partitions.
>
> There was some standard setup long ago. 4 primary partitions. There is
> an explanation later on the scheme used in this thread.
> You can have 3 primary partitions and a partition considered an extended
> partition which can contain other partitons within the extended
> partition. As an example, here is the scheme I use on my laptop.
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 2111 16956576 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda2 2112 2124 104422+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 2125 3399 10241437+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda4 3400 4864 11767612+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 3400 4674 10241406 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 4675 4805 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/hda7 4806 4864 473886 b W95 FAT32
>
> The extended partition is like a container, it is has a starting and
> ending start and end. Within the container are actual partitions 5
> through 7. Each partition can be any of a variety of types. I hope this
> gives you some insight into the partitoning scheme.
>
> My current hard drive
> > already have 4. Will Fedora recognize the new hard drive?
>
> Other than setting up the jumpers correctly for master and slave or
> correct cabling for chip select, yes, Fedora should recognize the new
> drive. Keep in mind the explanation in anothe post and my comments above
> for selecting partitioning schemes.
>
> > > I hope that I'm not misleading you here. Viewing this original
> > > posting, I don't see mention of /dev/sda4 on your part. I read the
> > > thread before posting and assumed the input was from you.
> >
> >
> > What is the difference between /dev/sda4 and /dev/hda4? Sorry I had a
> > typo. Should be hda
>
> I believe SATA drives and USB hard drives are usually recognized as sda.
> (SCSI drives)
> CF cards plugged into the CPU board slots and IDE/ATA drives are usually
> recognized as hdx
>
> > I have a confusion about Fedora and Redhat 9.x. I need Redhat 9.x to
> > install a software http://software.sci.utah.edu/.
>
> Fedora 1 (2.4 kernel) is what was to be RHL 10. Plans changed and Fedora
> merged with RHL to become Fedora Core. The program might need a 2.4
> kernel and later Fedora after FC1 use the 2.6 kernel.
> I couldn't tell you if later versions of Fedora and your program would
> be compatible. You can run tests later to see if the program will still
> work.
>
> > That's why I install Linux. I need to double make sure Fedora is
> > compatible with Redhat 9.x?
>
> Give it a try on another system.
>
> >
> > Many thanks,
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jim
>
> >
> > HS
> >
>
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