> sorry the partition (for linux) name is /dev/hda4. > > > > > My comptuer is from Dell. > > > > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4600/en/4600/sm/specs.htm#1084976 > > > > It has 512MB memory. one whole piece of 80GB hard drive from which > > Windows use 70GB. For the 70GB I partitioned it to C: drive for > > Windows OS, D: drive for data and some small left-over space for > > nothing. > > > > What I saw in the fedora installation, the 10GB is called like > > /dev/sda4 > > > > I only format this whole 10GB to ext3 and mount it to / > > > > I cannot split the 10GB so that I could mount a part to /boot and > > create a SWAP. This should work: * hda1 / ext3 *MB primary * hda3 /boot ext3 16MB logical (on extended partition hda2) * swap <swap> *MB logical (on extended partition hda2) or simular. > > But in manual, at least three partitions are needed: /, /boot and > > SWAP > > ...three partitions is highly recommanded, though you could also use a swapfile later for vm. > Another question is how to set the double boot mode? It seems in the > installation I set up this. But it just does not work at all. ...didn't you install GRUB in MBR ? > > Anyway, thanks a lot, > > > > HS ...boot in rescue mode with distro-cd1 and let anaconda find linux. Perhaps it's just necessary to install grub. Thomas
