On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:45:55 -0700, Charles Heselton <charles.heselton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:41:58 -0400, Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 18:21, Charles Heselton wrote: > > > Could be. The partitions are set up as 1 default 9GB partition (for > > > Windows) and 1 8GB ext2 partition (1GB swap). When I installed, > > > Windows was already there and I just installed to the blank partition. > > > Setup the slices with DiskDruid in the install procedure. > > > > > > Guess I'll try a re-install and see if it makes any difference. > > > > > > Should you not also have a /boot partition? Like I said I have not used > > or setup a dual boot system but I would expect you would have the > > following: > > > > Windows partition > > /boot partition > > / root partition (I am surprised you are using ext2 but not an issue) > > and swap partition. > > > > If I remember correctly I think you can have 4 primary partitions with > > no problems. So that should be fine. You won't need to setup an > > extended partition table. > > > > -- > > Scot L. Harris > > webid@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > Hitchcock's Staple Principle: > > The stapler runs out of staples only while you are trying to > > staple something. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > You could be on top of it. I'm starting the re-install right now. > And this time I did the "automatic partitioning", which created the > /boot, as well as an extended partition. We'll see how it comes out. > > Thans for the tip. > > > > -- > Charlie Heselton > Network Security Engineer > FYI.... The re-install (with the addition of the /boot slice) worked. I'm now running FC2 on my Dell. Thanks for the tips Scott. -- Charlie Heselton Network Security Engineer
